Chris Steele-Perkins (*1947, British, b. Burma) 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. In the same year Chris Steele-Perkins joined Magnum Photos and soon began working extensively in the Third World. In 1992 he published "Afghanistan", the result of four trips over four years. He published "Fuji" in 2001, "Tokyo Love Hello" in 2007 and "England, My England", a collection of work from 40 years of photographing, in 2009. A book on British centenarians, "Fading Light", was published in 2012.