In Flagrante

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The book is a collection of black and white photographs that document the decline of industry and the economic hardships faced by working-class communities in the north of England during the 1970s and 1980s. It seems a dry take on images that were once interpreted as deeply political, but Killip doesn’t see it that way. In Flagrante could have been made differently, the show suggests, and Killip’s achievement was much more than the book alone. Join artist Chris Killip as he shares his process of making photographs and remembers the people and places of In Flagrante. Paul Getty Museum, leads a combined gallery tour of the exhibitions Thomas Annan: Photographer of Glasgow and Now Then: Chris Killip and the Making of In Flagrante.

Join photographer Chris Killip, whose work is featured in the exhibition, as he discusses the creation of his groundbreaking photobook In Flagrante (1988) and the decision to republish it decades later. He grew up in a square in the centre of Boston, it’s been demolished, it’s now where the civic centre stands and all the municipal buildings, but he was standing there pointing out imaginary streets and who had lived there, who had gone on to make a lot of money, who ended up in jail, who ended up in the mob, who ended up in politics,” he says. In the short film, Skinningrove, 2013, Chris Killip tells personal stories about the people in his photographs. Drop by as photographer Luther Gerlach explores the art and science of early photography while demonstrating a variety of photographic processes and materials including large-format cameras, lenses, and interactive camera obscuras.

And second, he’s always believed that simply recording peoples’ lives has value – so that they’re acknowledged in the here and now, and so that future generations can understand what they did and who they were.

With 50 black and white photographs: a view of Britain in the eighties reflecting the stark reality of industrial society in decline. Paul Getty Museum, purchased in part with funds provided by Alison Bryan Crowell, Trish and Jan de Bont, Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Manfred Heiting, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, and Lyle and Lisi Poncher.The impact of these images is both immediate and enduring, creating one of the most authoritative and intense bodies of work produced this decade. The title, "In Flagrante," suggests a sense of capturing these communities and individuals in the midst of their struggles. First, he never believed his images could make a difference, he says, as he’s never believed that photographs alone can be a tool for change. Supermarket Display of Baked Beans, North Shields, Tyneside, 1981, Chris Killip, gelatin silver print. Wunderschöne, erweiterte neu-gestaltete Auflage des legendären Fotobuch-Klassikers von 1988: Martin Parr, The Photobook vol 2, Seite 299.