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Chris Killip Biography
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1946 |
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Born in Douglas, Isle on Man
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1964 - 1968 |
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Worked for various photographers in London and Paris
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1968 |
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Returned to Isle of Man and began extensive documentation
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1971 |
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Living and photographing in England
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1973 |
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Photographing in Huddersfield ad Bury St. Edmunds for Arts Council of Great Britain
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1973 |
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Two Views project Isle of Man limited edition portfolio is published by the Witkin Gallery, New York
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1974 |
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Arts Council Photography Award
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1975 |
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Northern Arts / Gas Fellowship in photography. Living and working in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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1989 |
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Henri Cartier-Bresson Award
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1989 |
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Comissioned by Pirelli Ltd. To photograph their workforce
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2000
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Chris Killip: Sixty Photographs, Old Post Office, Berlin
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1997
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Chris Killip Photographs 1971-96, Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man
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1996
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The Last Art Show, Jarrow Bede Gallery, Jarrow, England
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1991
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Chris Killip Retrospective, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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1990
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Working at Pirelli, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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1988
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n Flagrante, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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1986
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Exhibition at the Art Institute, Chicago
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1985
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Another Country, a joint exhibition of work fro the North-East with his friend, Graham Smith, Serpentine Gallery, London
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1984
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Seacoal, Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Chris Killip has also exhibitied at the Photographer’s Gallery, London and the Witkin Galelry, New York. His work is in major museum collections worldwide.
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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National Gallery of Australia
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
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| Literature |
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2009
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Here Comes Everyone (Thames & Hudson)
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2006
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The Pirelli Work, with text by Clive Dilnot, (Steidl/ Folkwang)
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2001
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55, with text by Gerry Badger, (Phaidon Press)
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1988
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In Flagrante with texts by John Berger, (Secker & Warburg)
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1980
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Isle of Man, (Zwemmer)
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