Seacoal

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Living, on and off, in a caravan on Lynemouth’s Seacoal camp from 1982 to 1984, Killip immersed himself in their struggles to survive. nThe place confounded time; here the Middle Ages and the twentieth century intertwined. Fourteen images from the Seacoal series were also included in Killip’s groundbreaking book In Flagrante (1988). “When I first saw the beach at Lynemouth in January 1976, I recognized the industry above it but nothing else I wasnseeing. Men were standing in the sea next to the carts, using small wire nets attached to poles to fish out the coal from the water beneath them. ” Chris Killip began photographing the people of Lynemouth seacoal beach in the north east of England in 1982, afternnearly seven years of failed efforts to obtain their consent. Territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xwməθkwəýəm (Musqueam) Nations The place confounded time; here the Middle Ages and the twentieth century intertwined.

• English
• Hardback / Clothbound
• 114 pages
• 27 x 23 cm