In flagrante

"In Flagrante is a singularly original work of art, both passionate and partisan! [Killip's] candid portraits and urban landscapes made in rich-toned black and white, predominantly shot with a 4 by 5 camera! [result in] a book about community! where rigorous documentary is suffused with a contemplative inwardness, a rare quality in modern photography" (Parr & Badger II:299). Critics have praised Killip's work as particularly important because his photographs "are neither posed nor reportage, but social documents, artistically complete. They 'taught us,' Martin Parr said, 'that compelling photographs have at their heart a visual ambiguity'" (Guardian). Killip's compelling images of life for many British during the Thatcher years puts him at the forefront of photographers who "represent new and promising directions" (New York Times). With essay by Sylvia Grant and John Berger. Open Book, 340.