The British photographers Chris Killip and Graham Smith met in 1975 in Newcastle, at a film and photography collective called Amber. Both were in their lates 20s and both were passionate about photographing the working class lives in North East England. They became fast friends. By the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher’s conservative government had begun shifting the country away from heavy industry—steel mills, iron works—leading to widespread unemployment and economic devastation in the towns Killip and Smith were documenting. Their photographs, taken between 1975 and 1987, capture the disillusionment of workers, the sense of communities tossed aside. In 1985, the Serpentine Gallery in London featured both artists in a seminal show titled “Another Country.” This new exhibition at Martin Parr Gallery reconceives that show, featuring photographs handpicked by the men in 2019—20 by Killip and 20 by Smith. —Paulina Prosnitz