A celebration of the people of Bolton to kick of the new year….
neo: is delighted to invite you to the private view and official opening of ‘Moments’, an exhibition of works by Bolton-based photographer Geoff Davies. The opening, performed by former (Manchester) Guardian photographer, Denis Thorpe, will take place on Saturday 18th January 2pm – 4pm at neo:gallery22, Market Place, Bolton, all welcome.
For the past forty-five years Geoff Davies has been photographing life in the streets around his hometown of Bolton. Geoff is a valued member of Bolton Documentary Photography.
Interested in drawing and painting from a very young age, Geoff has always been attracted to the human form and remembers vividly coming across a reproduction of a portrait by Velásquez at the age of ten in Horwich Library. “…that really fired me up….” he says “to think that someone could do that with paint and brushes.”
Resisting the lure of exotic but alien cultures, Geoff has focused his attention on recording the life of his own community with an eye that is both affectionate and understanding. “People are always more interesting to me than flowers or shrubs or trees or landscapes….It’s always been people for me….the most interesting thing you can have is people.”
Geoff’s photographs are of the community being themselves and of the places they inhabit, at work, rest and play. However, as a keen climber and cyclist, Geoff’s work also includes photographs of more rural landscapes.
Having exhibited in several local exhibitions, a major retrospective of his work was held in 2007 at Dean Clough Galleries in Halifax.
The exhibition runs from Thursday 16th January to Sunday 9th February. Opening times – Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm.
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