Once a Year: Folklore in Britain Now
Homer Sykes
Cafe Royal Books
English
Softover
Edition of 200
28 pages
140 x 200 mm
2013
ISBN Not available
Published in 1977, Once a Year: Some Traditional British Customs by Homer Sykes, is a very scarce, influential and sought after British photobook. Once a Year: 1970s Folklore in Britain, published by Café Royal in Autumn 2013 (now out-of-print) re-presented selected images from that book, in a new context and a much smaller print run. The book continues the theme, bringing up-to-date a project that began nearly four decades ago.
(source: https://collection.photoireland.org/photobooks/year-folklore-britain-now/)
About the Artist
Homer Warwick Sykes (born 1949) is a Canadian-born British documentary photographer whose career has included personal projects and landscape photography. He stopped shooting commissions some years ago, and now shoot only stuff that interests him. Mostly he spends too much time managing his extensive archive of around 20 thousand carefully edited, captioned and keyworded content rich images. Check out My British Archive, 50 years documenting Britain and occasionally elsewhere.
networkphotographersonline.com
(source: https://www.networkphotographersonline.com/homer-sykes-1)
About the Publisher
Café Royal Books (founded 2005) is an independent publisher based in Southport, England. Originally set up as a way to disseminate art, in multiple, affordably, quickly, and internationally while not relying on ‘the gallery’. Café Royal Books publishes artist’s books and zines as well as a weekly series of photobook/zines. The photographic publications are part of a long ongoing series, generally working with photographers and their archives, to publish work, which usually falls into 1970–2000 UK documentary / reportage.
caferoyalbooks.com
(source: https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/information)
