Chris Killip: In Flagrante: Books on Books No. 4
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Photography & Video
Chris Killip: In Flagrante: Books on Books No. 4 Details
Errata Editions' Books on Books series is an ongoing publishing project dedicated to making rare and out-of-print photography books accessible to students and photobook enthusiasts. These are not reprints or facsimiles but complete studies of the original books. Each volume in the series presents the entire content, page for page, of an original master bookwork which, up until now, has been too rare or expensive for most to experience. Through a mix of classic and contemporary titles, this series spans the breadth of photographic practice as it has appeared on the printed page and allows further study of the creation and meanings of these great works of art. Each volume in the series contains illustrations of every page in the original photobook, a new essay by an established writer on photography, production notes about the creation of the original edition and biographical and bibliographical information about each artist.Often referenced as the most important photobook to come out of England in the 1980s, Chris Killip's In Flagrante stands the test of time today. Published in 1988, In Flagrante shows the communities in Northern England that were devastated by the deindustrialization common to policies carried out by Margaret Thatcher and her predecessors starting in the mid-1970s. Books on Books 4 presents Killip's political yet lyric work along with a new essay, "Dispatches from a War Zone" by noted photo historian and critic Gerry Badger.
Reviews
This is one of the new remarkable books in the "Books on Books" series, and I love what the publishers have achieved in making them. Conceptual and intelligent re-considerations of key works in the photographic canon for the intelligent consumer. Thoughtful people in the world of photography are particularly excited about this endeavor, and are looking forward to more titles, speculating about what they will be. As a librarian and bibliophile, I am delighted with the excellence of the materials and sewn binding, as well as the low key, almost meditative and very considerate way that the books that are the subject are reproduced...not as cheap facsimiles, but as informative notebooks on the subject of the great books of photography! In Flagrante is a book that the average Amazon customer would have little chance of owning, and this re-contextualization of it is greatly appreciated. Hurrah!