UK: Once A Year: Homer Sykes
Lucy Bell Gallery is happy to be re-opening on 3rd May with an exhibition of photographs of British Folklore Customs and Traditions by Homer Sykes. Homer Sykes (b.1949) is a celebrated British documentary photographer whose work has been widely exhibited including at The Tate, The Arnolfini and The V&A. His career includes long term personal projects, many based on the customs and traditions of the British. Homer’s early interest in photography started at school and in 1967 he went to study at The London College of Printing. In the early 1970's Homer started his research into documenting traditional British folklore customs and annual events, which has become the largest long-term project of his career. Homers’ unique survey on British customs is an iconic series which contrasts age old traditions with the modernity of every day life. “Rather than dealing in the perhaps easy absurdity of these events, Sykes’ images work to situate these customs within t...