Chris Steele-Perkins moved from Rangoon to London with his family in 1949. He graduated with honours in psychology at the University of Newcastle-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

"Fuji" in Aosta, Italy

From August 22 to September 21st images from the acclaimed book on Mount Fuji will be exhibited as part of the Aosta Mountain Photo Festival. Chris will give a talk about his life as a photographer on 23 August at 9.00pm.

Biography

The Teds 1979

About 70 Photographs 1980

La Gréce au Présent 1981

Survival Programmes:
In Britain's Inner Cities (with Nicholas Battye and Paul Trevor) 1982

Beirut: Frontline Story 1983

The Pleasure Principle 1989

St. Thomas Hospital 1992

Afghanistan, Marvel 2000

Mount Fuji, Umbrage 2001

The Teds (reissue) Dewi Lewis 2002

Echoes, Trolley, 2004

Tokyo Love Hello, Intervalles, 2007

Northern Exposures, Northumbria University Press, 2007