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'The Way We Were 1968-1983' is a look at British society through the eyes of photographer @HomerSykes. This was a time when British society was going through a period of enormous change.
Here are some of those images
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Whitechapel, London. 1974
Here are some of those images
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Whitechapel, London. 1974
Gloucestershire, 1970.
At a village annual summer fête, a man from the audience wearing only his underpants chances his luck, though as the sign says ‘Anyone Boxing Or Wrestling Do So At Their Own Risk.
Photo @HomerSykes
At a village annual summer fête, a man from the audience wearing only his underpants chances his luck, though as the sign says ‘Anyone Boxing Or Wrestling Do So At Their Own Risk.
Photo @HomerSykes
Hoxton, London, 1978.
Sister Patricia hands out cups of tea from St Saviour's Priory annex on the Kingsland Road. The Sisters explore ways of living the religious life in the community through a balance of prayer and ministry amongst marginalised groups - @HomerSykes
Sister Patricia hands out cups of tea from St Saviour's Priory annex on the Kingsland Road. The Sisters explore ways of living the religious life in the community through a balance of prayer and ministry amongst marginalised groups - @HomerSykes
Snowdown, Kent, 1976.
Albert Christian and workmate smoking in the pithead baths. There were two sides - the clean side and dirty side. Nicknamed Dante’s Inferno, Snowdown was the deepest and hottest colliery in the entire Kent coalfield.
Photo @HomerSykes
Albert Christian and workmate smoking in the pithead baths. There were two sides - the clean side and dirty side. Nicknamed Dante’s Inferno, Snowdown was the deepest and hottest colliery in the entire Kent coalfield.
Photo @HomerSykes
Fulham, London, 1972.
A family have just finished breakfast; they don’t have their own bathroom but share one with other families in the multi-occupancy house.
Photo @HomerSykes
A family have just finished breakfast; they don’t have their own bathroom but share one with other families in the multi-occupancy house.
Photo @HomerSykes
A young Irish girl in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, 1968.
About twenty families lived on the waste ground, and made a living from scrap metal dealing.
Photo @HomerSykes
About twenty families lived on the waste ground, and made a living from scrap metal dealing.
Photo @HomerSykes
Chelsea, London, 1977.
During the summer of 1977 Punks gathered each Saturday by the tube station in Sloane Square to walk down the King’s Road, handing out flowers and blocking the free flow of traffic. This guy is wearing a torn t-shirt from Smutz - @HomerSykes
During the summer of 1977 Punks gathered each Saturday by the tube station in Sloane Square to walk down the King’s Road, handing out flowers and blocking the free flow of traffic. This guy is wearing a torn t-shirt from Smutz - @HomerSykes
Whitechapel, London, 1975.
A resident in her living room covers her eyes, head in hand, exhausted. This crumbling block of flats on the Peabody Housing Estate began to be torn down in the mid-1970s - @HomerSykes
A resident in her living room covers her eyes, head in hand, exhausted. This crumbling block of flats on the Peabody Housing Estate began to be torn down in the mid-1970s - @HomerSykes
Richmond, London, 1975.
Mum reads a bedtime story; it was their first Christmas away from the family home. Sadly many mothers and children often remained in this refuge for up to three or four years before being rehoused by the authorities. - @HomerSykes
Mum reads a bedtime story; it was their first Christmas away from the family home. Sadly many mothers and children often remained in this refuge for up to three or four years before being rehoused by the authorities. - @HomerSykes
Lewisham, London, 1977
A National Front supporting family cheer the NF march from the balcony of their tower block flat, while their upstairs neighbour and her two children look on.
Photo @HomerSykes
A National Front supporting family cheer the NF march from the balcony of their tower block flat, while their upstairs neighbour and her two children look on.
Photo @HomerSykes
Notting Hill, London, 1977.
A distraught couple targeted by homophobic youths; the older man had been attacked and his wallet stolen - @HomerSykes
A distraught couple targeted by homophobic youths; the older man had been attacked and his wallet stolen - @HomerSykes
What a wonderful photo.
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”A Woman putting on her make-up in a Bed and Breakfast was taken at the very start of my career when I was still at college studying photography in London, 1968" - @HomerSykes
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”A Woman putting on her make-up in a Bed and Breakfast was taken at the very start of my career when I was still at college studying photography in London, 1968" - @HomerSykes
My British Archive - The Way We Were: 1968-1983
By @HomerSykes available here
https://www.dewilewis.com/products/my-british-archive-the-way-we-were-1968-1983?variant=12799965298741
By @HomerSykes available here
https://www.dewilewis.com/products/my-british-archive-the-way-we-were-1968-1983?variant=12799965298741
