This Afternoon I managed to get along to a talk being given in the lecture theatre by renowned photographer and archivist, Homer Sykes.
I wasn't too familiar with Sykes' work previous to the talk having only been familiar with his imagery from a few telegraph articles, but was really glad I took the time to go.
Talking about his life and how he 'fell into' photography and how the world has changed so much in the time he has been photographing it was really charming and his salt of the earth attitude was really nice to see.
Over running by over half an hour, everyone just kept encouraging Homer to keep going like a Grandad regaling fascinating stories to his thankful audience.
I particularly enjoyed the shots that make up the main body of homer's work, his fascination with British tradition, from gurning in Egremont to Cheese rolling in Gloucester, but it was quite sad to see the obvious decline in the existence of these activities but that was part of Homer's charm, preserving this heritage for future generations.
