\n His Askam-in-Furness series, shot in 1981 and 1982, features portraits of local people alongside images of the coastal village landscape during a time of social and political upheaval.\n<\/p>\n
\n Chris Killip once said: \u201cHistory is what\u2019s written, my pictures are what happened. It\u2019s like a people\u2019s history \u2013 the people who history happened to.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Miners\u2019 Strike 1984 mass picket confronting police lines, Bilston Glen(Image: \u00a9 John Sturrock\/reportdigital.co.uk)\n<\/p>\n
\n The images were recently uncovered by Signal Film and Media during a research project with the local Askam community to reconnect with some of the subjects shown in the \u2018Askam-in-Furness\u2019 series.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition will include 20 silver gelatin prints hand-printed by Mr Killip and have been loaned by the Chris Killip Photography Trust and the Martin Parr Foundation.\n<\/p>\n
\n READ MORE: How Ulverston artists built giant Jarvis Cocker lantern loved by the star himself<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n It also includes 59 digital scans from negatives and an archive of previously unseen images taken during his time in Askam.\n<\/p>\n \n Curator Phil Northcott said: \u201cThese images offer us an important and poetic record of a community shaped by industry, landscape, and resilience. While selected works in the series have been shown internationally, the complete series has never been shown in its entirety since Chris Killip shared his work with the Askam community soon after he\u2019d made it, in 1982.\n<\/p>\n \n \n “We know that Chris Killip developed a close relationship with members of the community and gave the portrait subjects their portraits to hang in their own homes.\n<\/p>\n \n “Coincidentally, one of these is my friend Lee, who was photographed in \u2018Boy with Pigeon\u2019 by Killip and given the print. Our new research project, which runs alongside this exhibition, is uncovering new stories that reveal more of Chris Killip\u2019s time in Askam.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n READ MORE: High Sheriff thanks King Charles on behalf of Barrow after Royal visit<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n The show also launches the \u00a31.4m redevelopment of Cooke\u2019s Studios, supported by Arts Council England and the UK Government\u2019s Community Ownership Fund.\n<\/p>\n \n \n Work by Mr Killip also features in \u2018ONE YEAR! Photographs from the miners\u2019 Strike 1984\u201385\u2019, a second exhibition.\n<\/p>\n \n Curated by Isaac Blease and from the Martin Parr Foundation Collection, this exhibition marks the 40th anniversary of the year-long industrial action that defined a generation. It complements the Chris Killip show, exploring the role photography played in documenting and resisting the pit closures.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n \n \u2018ONE YEAR! Photographs from the miners\u2019 strike 1984\u201385\u2019 is a touring show featuring work by Brenda Prince, John Sturrock, Jenny Matthews, Roger Tiley, John Harris, Chris Killip, Imogen Young, Phil Winnard and Howard Sooley, alongside rare posters, badges, records and publications.\n<\/p>\n \n READ MORE: From Argos to the ‘new’ Tesco – video shows Barrow\u2019s streets and landmarks in 1992<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n The exhibited works span the full year of the strike and cover a variety of approaches, from photo-journalism to photo-montage, as well as more vernacular uses of photographs such as the albums compiled by Philip Winnard, himself a striking miner.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n \n Depicted throughout are the infamous clashes between police and flying pickets but also the camaraderie between those on strike and the activities of support groups such as Women Against Pit Closures.\n<\/p>\nBuying an ice cream at Yorkshire Miners\u2019 Gala, June 1984(Image: Brenda Prince)\n<\/p>\n
The opening night of Chris Killip\u2019s poignant photographic series(Image: Signal Film and Media)\n<\/p>\n
The exhibition opening night at Cooke Studios(Image: Signal Film and Media)\n<\/p>\n
Man carrying sticks in Askam, 1982(Image: Chris Killip)\n<\/p>\n