1. Photographers & their style of work
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2. Photographer : Christopher killip
Christopher was born in Douglas, Isle of Man in the year Leaving school at the age of 16 years old and began working as a trainee hotel manager however as years grew on in 1964, Christopher decided to pursue his passion in photography and aimed to become a full time beach photographer in order to earn enough money so he can leave his hometown. Since this, in October 1964 he was hired as the third assistant to the leading London advertising photographer, Adrian Flowers. Also working as a freelance assistant for various photographers in London from After Christopher attended his first debut exhibition of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Christopher returned to the Isle of Man, working in his father’s pub at night and returning to London to print his work. Once on a return visit to the United States of America in 1971, Lee Witkin, a New York gallery owner commissioned a limited edition portfolio of the Isle of Man work, paying for it in advance so Christopher could continue to photograph also in 1972 Christopher received commission from the Arts Council of Great Britain. You can view Christopher’s work permanently featured collection at various major galleries, these include: Museum of Modern Art, New York; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; The Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Or buy the book from online sources:

3. CHRIS KILlIP PRESENTING IN FLAGRANTE. (1988)
Black & White Imagery used to express the raw integrity.
In-Depth message regarding the pollution and damage to our homes and the blindness to the social reality of what the industrial revolution was causing amongst communities
Full Long Shot
House in front of the factory billowing smoke expresses the intent of the image.
Focus Subject
No Rule of Thirds Applied, Land & Sky unbalanced
Shot taken on a Linhof Technica 4”x5” hand-held which was mixed with 6×7 roll film taken on a Plaubel.

4. Chris killip presenting in flagrante (1988)
Leading Lines
Focus Point.
Council Estate
Leading Lines
Child’s Play, expressing how children were making fun out of jumping of a container onto a pile of mattresses‘ possibly showing the effects of poverty within the community
Horizontal Rule of Thirds
Balanced Image
Shot taken on a Linhof Technica 4”x5” hand-held which was mixed with 6×7 roll film taken on a Plaubel.
Black & White Imagery

5. Chris killip presenting in flagrante (1988)
Black & White Imagery
This image presents the lifestyle for children living in the area at that time and the grotesque concept of how a ‘playground’ looks like in a state of poverty.
The Tilted Frame Shot express the distortion within the image
Tilted Frame Shot
Focus Subject
Shot taken on a Linhof Technica 4”x5” hand-held which was mixed with 6×7 roll film taken on a Plaubel.

6. PHOTOGRAPHER : Daidō Moriyama
Daido Moriyama (森山 大道) a Japanese Photographer born on October 10, Daido was noble for images that were depicting traditional lifestyle values in post-war Japan. Living Ikeda, Osaka where he lived and studied photography for a proportion of his life before moving Tokyo in Working as an assistant to a photographer & filmmaker Eikoh Hosoe, from this experience Daido produced a collection of photographs in the album ‘Nippon gekijō shashinchō’ which reflected on the darker side of Japan life, capturing many elements of urban street life in comparison to other areas which were high industrially modernised. Daido once received the Infinity Award for lifetime achievement from the International Center of Photography in New York You can view Daido’s work from an online source:

7. Daidō Moriyama : AMERICAN SUBURBS
Tilt Frame Shot
Focus Subject
Dust Particles exposed on camera showing the pollution crisis.