Friday 9 September 2016

Snaps - An Exhibition of 100 selected documentary photographs by Phil Cosker

Snaps -100 selected documentary photographs made between 1965 and 2016



Sam Scorer gallery, 5 Drury Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3BN:
Tuesday 27.09.16 – Saturday 08.10.16. Daily: 10.00 – 16.00
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Hull School of Art & Design, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU5 3DG:
Friday 14.10.16 – Friday 04.11.16. Weekdays only: 09.00 – 18.00

Phil Cosker discovered Henri Cartier Bresson when he was 17 and started taking photographs soon after – it took him some time to start making them; when he did it was Bresson who was his first influence.

Why ‘Snaps’? The OED variously defines ‘snap’ thus: a quick or sudden closing of the jaws or teeth (shutter) in biting … something worth securing or getting hold of; an odd chance; a good place or job … a scrap fragment or morsel … to utter sharp, tart, or cutting words … to make a quick and eager catch at a thing … to take instantaneous photographs … 
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