Fine Print: Foncillon Beach, Royan, Charente-Maritime, France, August, 1982 Philip Jones Griffiths Fine Prints

Fine Print: Foncillon Beach, Royan, Charente-Maritime, France, August, 1982 Philip Jones Griffiths Fine Prints

rest on benches

a lone bird is silhouetted against the blazing disc of the sun

This book has been printed in a limited edition of 2000 copies

photographing a total of 23 Old Colony sects across rural Canada and Mexico

With a keen eye for the “real” city

their presence accentuating the scale and solitude of the desert

which documented a country and its people emerging from years of secrecy and isolation

it is something of an anomaly for a photographer who rarely worked with pop culture figures: “It’s really not the sort of image I normally make

his work dealing primarily with themes of social justice and politics

Chris Killip: An Anthology was an exhibition that featuresd four of Killip’s projects from the 70s and 80s

to actors like Shirley MacLaine

and social exploration in America's history