Personal Statement by British photographer Chris KILLIP
"When I first went to 'The Station' in April 1985, I was blown away by the energy and feel of the place. It was completely different, run for and by the people who went there. Every Saturday that I could, I photographed there. No one ever asked me where I was from or who I was. A 39-year-old with short-cropped white hair, always wearing a suit, with pockets in his jacket to hold my slides. With a 4×5 camera around my neck and a Norman flash and battery around my waist - I must have looked like someone out of a 1950s B-movie. 1985 was just after the miners' strike and there was a lot of youth unemployment. Most of the punks at 'The Station' didn't have jobs, and this place, run as a very inclusive collective, was vital to them and their self-worth." (freely translated, © Chris KILLIP)
Background information, content
"In late 2016, the son of Chris KILLIP accidentally discovered a box of contact sheets of the photographs his father had taken at 'The Station,' an anarcho-punk music venue in Gateshead that existed in this form from 1981 to 1985. These images of raw youths captured in the party heat had been dormant for 30 years and now come back to life in this book. 'The Station' was not just a music and rehearsal space, but a crucible for the self-expression of the subcultures and punk politics of the time." (free translated publisher's text, © Steidl Verlag, 2020)
On the British photographer, Chris KILLIP (1946-2020)
Photo books by and on the work of Chris KILLIP
- Photographer(s)
- Chris KILLIP
- Format
- Linen bound HC, 28,5 x 37,5 cm., 80 pp, 72 ills.
- Language(s)
- English
- Year of Release
- 2020
- Publisher
- Steidl Verlag, Göttingen