Simply put, Homer Sykes is one of Britain's best known documentary photographers. To provide but one example, Homer's work is part of the Government Art Collection (GAC) - see here - which places works of art in major British Government buildings in the United Kingdom and around the world both to promote Britain and to reflect its history, culture and creativity in the visual arts

Homer Sykes has been a professional photographer for over thirty-five years. He worked principally for the weekend colour supplements: The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Observer, You and the Sunday Express magazine and also shot weekly news for Newsweek, Time, and the former Now! Magazine, covering conflicts in Israel, Lebanon, West Africa and Northern Ireland. Homer has also worked extensively on personal photographic documentary projects and these have often been turned into books and exhibitions. He is the author, and co-author-photographer of eight books about Britain, as well as Shanghai Odyssey and On the Road Again, a book covering four journeys across America by Greyhound bus over a thirty-year period.

Homer's personal web site may be viewed here

Individual Exhibtions

Traditional British Calendar Customs, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. ( toured the U.K.) 1977
The English Season, South Bank Gallery, London. 1978
Shanghai Odyssey. The Queens Birthday Party, Shanghai China. 2002
Shanghai Odyssey. The Open Eye Gallery Liverpool. 2003

Select Group Exhibtions

Personal Views 1850-1970, British Council London (toured Europe). 1970
Traditional Country Customs. Joint show with Sir Benjamin Stone at the ICA London 1971
Young British Photographers, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. 1971
The Camera and the Craftsman. Travelling exhibition Britain. 1975
Recontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France. 1976
Traditional Country Customs. Side Gallery. Newcastle, England. 1977
Reportage Fotografen, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna 1978
A British Eye on the World, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1986
Rentree. Stanley Pickering Gallery Kingston University. Surrey. 1999
On the Road Again, at Exposure 2002 Hereford 2002
Beyond the Façade. ( The Guardian ) Newsroom Gallery ( 21 years of Photojournalism from Network Photographers.) London 2002
Shanghai Odyssey @ Memorial Mario Giacomelli. Brescia and Milan, Italy. 2003
The Affordable Art Fair, Blue Tulip Gallery. London. March 2004
The Affordable Art Fair, Blue Tulip Gallery. London. March 2005
Shanghai Odyssey@ Urbana. Festival di Fotografia e Arte Contemporanea Biella Italy. October 2005
The Affordable Art Fair, Blue Tulip gallery. London. March 2006
Small selection from On the Road Again shown by Getty Images Gallery @ Photo-London. May 2006

Collections

Arts Council of Great Britain.
The British Council, London.
Keflex Collection, London.
Private Collections, Berlin Germany, London, England.
The Helf Collection. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Books: Author.

Once a Year- some Traditional British Customs. Gordon Fraser. 1977
Mysterious Britain- fact and folklore. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1993
Celtic Britain, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1997
Shanghai Odyssey, Dewi Lewis Publishing. 2002
On the Road Again, Mansions Editions. 2002
Hunting with Hounds. Mansion Editions. 2004

Co-author.

Facts about a Pop Group, featuring Paul McCartney and Wings with Dave Gelly. G.Whizzard and Andre Deutsche 1976
The English Season, with Godfrey Smith. Pavilion Books. 1987
The Village Pub, with Roger Protz. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1992
The Storm is Passing Over, with Roy Kerridge. Thames and Hudson. 1995

Creative Camera international Year book edited by Colin Osman and Peter Turner London. 1975
British Image 1, London 1975
The Camera and the Craftsman. The Crafts Advisory Committee and The Photographers gallery, London. 1975
Special Effects in Photography Robert Haas, London 1985
Me and My Camera by Joe Partridge, London (plus TV film of same name.) 1985
Young meteors, British photojournalism: 1957-65, by Martin Harrison. Published by Jonathan Cape. No photograph but mentioned on page 153. 1998

Day /Week in the Life type of books:-

A Salute to Singapore 1984
A day in the life of London 1984
24 Stunden Rihrgebiet Das Fotoereignis 1985
Focus on Zhejiang China 2001

Articles

'Homer Sykes' by Peter Turner. Creative Camera (London ) December 1971
'Photographier I'invisible' portfolio Homer W Sikes.
Revue Suisse de Photographie October. 1971
'Portfolio Homer Sykes.' British Journal of Photography. (London) June. 1971
'Pictures of America' by David Lichfield. The Image (London) No 3. 1972
'Homer Sykes.' Young British photographers Catalogue. (London). 1972
'Personal Views 1850-1970 exhibition issue. Homer Sykes. Creative Camera (London) May. 1972
'Photo Pagents.' By Colin MacInnes. New Society. Interview (London) August. 1973
'Photographs by Homer Sykes' by Peter Turner. Creative Camera (London) March. 1974
'Portfolio Homer Sykes.' British Journal of Photography. July 2nd. 1976
'Homer Sykes: Special Occasions.' London Magazine April. 1977
'Une Fois l'An, Quelques Coutumes Britanniques.' Zoom Magazine. (Paris) December. 1977
'Will the Folk be Forgotten.' Douglas Manella. Amateur Photographer. August. 1977
'Homer Sykes.' Untitled 14 (Carmel California). 1978
'Our Violent Society.' George Hughes. Amateur Photographer, May. 1978
'Homer Sykes Law and Order.' London Magazine, August. 1978
'Homer Sykes.' Reportage Fotografen (catalogue to Exhibition.). 1978
'Fotograficke Svedectvi Homera Sykese.' Revue Fotografie (Prague) No 2. 1979
'How Photographers Work- Homer Sykes'. John Goldblatt. You and Your Camera. No 81 volume 6. 1980
'Homer Sykes: What is he doing now'' Kate Salway. British Journal of Photography, March. 1985
'Wasps in the Pimm's.' John Morrison. Photography (London) August. 1987
'So you want to me a magazine Photographer'' Practical Photography, November. 1987
'Homer Sykes.' Creative Camera, no 20. February. 1988
'Homer Sykes: Een Luchthartig Vleugje England. Ellen Kok Focus Magazine (Amsterdam) January. 1988
'Tips from the Top ' Homer Sykes.' Amateur Photographer. January. 1994
'The Pro Approach ' Homer Sykes.' Photo Answers magazine, August. 1994
'So You Want To Be' series a 'Magazine Photographer.' London Evening Standard, 21/2/2000. 2000
'Homer Sykes.' Photographers International. Taipei, Autumn. 2000
'On the Road Again.' Hot Shoe Magazine. London. January. 2001
'All that is America.' British Journal of Photography. London. August. 2002
' Cowboys, Cars and the Road.' London Independent Photography magazine. Autumn 2002
'Homer Sykes: book publishing, two approaches.' Royal Photographic Society Journal. October. 2002
'On the road again.' (Interview) Black and White Photography Magazine Oct. 2002
'Road to success.' Profitable self-publishing is possible but, as Homer Sykes explains, it isn't easy. British Journal of Photography. August 2003
'The mood of mono realism.' On the Road Again. Practical Photography Magazine. October. 2003
'On the road again: travelling through an unusual America'. Leica Fotografie International. October. ( German various language editions portfolio 10 pages ) 2003
'Hunting with Homer.' About Photography. web site address http://photography.about.com/ September 2004
'Hunting the hunters' (Interview) Black and White photography magazine November 2004
'Hunting in the frame.' 6 pages from Hunting with Hounds + book offer, Country Life magazine. November 4. 2004
'Life without the hunt.' Cover and 3 pages from Hunting with Hounds,NFU Countryside magazine + book offer. November 2004
'Homer Sykes: documents of a dying breed.' Image magazine Cover and seven pages interview from Hunting with Hounds + book offer. November 2004
'Hunting with Hounds'. AG Magazine.( Volume 38 ) 10 page portfolio and critique by Gerry Badger + book offer. Winter 2005

Homer received the Dead Line Award for excellence in News Photography in Northern Ireland for Newsweek Magazine. 1981

Teaching

Visiting tutor MA in Photojournalism. The University of the Arts, London College of Communication. 1998-200-
Visiting lecturer PPP. The London College of Communication. 1998-2005
Photographers at Duckspool. Summer workshop. 1999 & 2000
Introduction to Photojournalism, Summer School at the London College of Communication 2001
Numerous one off lectures to universities and photographic societies about my work as photographer and small publisher. 2000 - Visiting lecturer on the BA Journalism course at The Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College, Farnham 2004

Homer Sykes has been a professional photographer for more than thirty-five years. He has worked on commission for clients across the world. However he principally worked for what used to be called the weekend colour supplements. The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Observer, You and the Sunday Express magazine. He also shot weekly news for Newsweek, Time, and the former Now! Magazine, covering conflicts in Israel, Lebanon, West Africa and Northern Ireland, as well as general news in the UK.

However always during his career alongside commercial assignments Homer has worked on personal photographic documentary projects. These have often been turned into books and exhibitions. He is the author, and co-author-photographer of eight books about Britain, as well as Shanghai Odyssey and On the Road Again, a book covering four journeys across America by Greyhound bus over a thirty-year period.

In 2002 he set up his one-man band self-publishing company Mansion Editions. Two books have been published to date. Hunting with Hounds and On the Road Again. Others are in the pipeline.

His archive images are constantly being used for editorial illustration, corporate and financial company reports and are available through Getty Images, Corbis and Alamy.com