Chris Steele-Perkins

Chris Steele-Perkins 两岁时便与父亲从缅甸搬到英国，在天主教医院的学校里读书，随后在纽卡斯尔大学攻读心理学，同时在校报兼职；与其他非摄影专业毕业的玛格南摄影师不同的是，Chris Steele-Perkins并没有经历摄影职业上的过渡期，刚一离开学校就成为了一名自由摄影师，并搬到了摄影行业已经成熟的伦敦。

除了1973年的孟加拉之旅，Chris Steele-Perkins 绝大多数时间都在英国拍摄，长期关注城市内的贫困、亚文化人群。1975年，Chris Steele-Perkins 与EXIT合作，积累了一系列英国城市社会问题方面的素材，这一时期的拍摄成果在1982年出版为摄影画册《Survival Programmes》。1976年，他加入巴黎Viva图片社，并在1979年出版了自己第一本个人摄影画册《The Teds》。

Chris Steele-Perkins 1979年加入玛格南图片社后，将关注点转移到发展中国家，尤其是非洲、中美洲以及黎巴嫩等地区。1992年出版的《Afghanistan》记述了他对阿富汗的四次访问拍摄。

在与第二任妻子Miyako Yamada结识后，Chris Steele-Perkins 明显显露出对日本的浓厚兴趣，并拍摄了一系列非常出色的以富士山为主题的摄影作品，随后出版的还包括2001年私人日记《Echoes》以及第二本以日本为主题的摄影画册《Tokyo Love Hello》。

Chris Steele-Perkins获得的主要摄影奖项：

2004       Sasakawa Foundation grant, Japan
2000       World Press Photo (Daily Life), Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000       Visiting Professor, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
1999       Sasakawa Foundation grant, Japan
1994       La Nacion Premier Photojournalism Award
1989       Robert Capa Gold Medal, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
1988       Tom Hopkinson Prize for British Photojournalism, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK
1988       Oskar Barnak Prize, World Press Photo, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Chris Steele-Perkins moved from Rangoon to London with his family in 1949. He graduated with honours in psychology at the University of ewcastle-upon-Tyne (1967-70) while working as a photographer and picture editor for the student newspaper.

In 1971 he moved to London and started working as a freelance photographer and started his first foreign work in 1973 in Bangladesh followed by work for relief organizations and travel assignments. In 1975 he worked with EXIT, a group dealing with social problems in British cities. He then joined the Paris-based Viva agency in 1976.

In 1979, his first book, The Teds, was published. Chris joined Magnum and soon began working extensively in the Third World. His latest large-scale project is on the situation in Afghanistan. He is now also working extensively in Japan.

His reportages have received high public acclaim and have won several awards, including:

• The Tom Hopkinson Prize for British Photojournalism (1988)
• The Oscar Barnack Prize (1988)
• The Robert Capa Gold Medal (1989).

CURRENT EXHIBITION

Disposable People -Magnum group show of 8 photographers dealing with contemporary Slavery. My work on Korean Comfort Women (Japanese military sex slaves during WW ll.)

28 February - 9 April 2009  University of Northumbria, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
23 May - 5 July 2009    Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle.
1 August - 13 September 2009 New Art Exchange, Nottingham. 

7 November - 3 January 2010 Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

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