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Chris Killip, retrospective

1 April - 3 September 2023
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Baltic presents a full career retrospective by one of the UK’s most important and influential post-war documentary photographers, Chris Killip (1946–2020).

Black and white photo of five adults sat on the beach. Two of them are on wooden beach chairs.

Baltic presents a full career retrospective by one of the UK’s most important and influential post-war documentary photographers, Chris Killip (1946–2020). The exhibition serves as the most comprehensive survey of the photographer’s work, with his images from the North East of England at the core. 

Grounded in sustained immersion into the communities he photographed, Chris Killip's photographs of those affected by economic shifts throughout the 1970s and 80s in the North of England remain without parallel. Whilst marking a moment of de-industrialisation, Killip's stark yet tender observation moves beyond the urgency to record such circumstances, to affirm the value of lives he grew close to – lives that, as he once described 'had history done to them'. 

The exhibition is curated by Ken Grant & Tracy Marshall-Grant and produced in collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery, London.

Exhibition Accessibility

  • Our friendly and knowledgeable Baltic Crew team can interpret the artworks and help bring meaning and understanding to the exhibition. 
  • Folding seats – ask Baltic Crew or pick up a stool from the racks.
  • Free exhibition tours - chat to Baltic Crew to find out when the next tour takes place.
  • For our full building accessibility and facilities information visit here

Audio Description Script

Throughout Baltic's website, You can open the Recite Me language and accessibility toolbar by clicking on the button called 'Accessibility Tools'. This now appears in the top right hand corner on every page of the website. After you click on the button the Recite Me toolbar opens and displays a range of different options for customising how the website looks and how you can access the content.

The Recite Me toolbar has a unique range of functions including a screen reader, with text read aloud in a natural voice, 35 different language options, Voice speed controls, Word by word highlighting and download the text as an MP3 file. 

A detailed descriptive text of the artworks in this exhibition can be downloaded to your own device below. 

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