Snap Galleries is proud to present “Photo Alchemy”, an exhibition of work from the rock and roll archive of Gered Mankowitz. This will be an amazing “Don’t Miss” show. Gered is an acclaimed photographer and this will be the first time that an exhibition of his work has ever been held in Birmingham.
Always looking to innovate, Gered has recently reinterpreted some of his most iconic images and previously unseen work using two very different visual techniques: lenticular prints and photo paintings. These will be shown alongside a selection of Gered’s traditional black and white photographic prints. Taken together, this is a body of work that stretches the boundaries of photographic reproduction and presentation.
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A variant of the 1966 album cover photograph. Gered recalls: "This photograph is an out-take from the "Between the Buttons" album cover session. It was taken very early on a beautiful morning after an all night recording session. The Stones always recorded through the night and I thought that their "look" after one of these gruelling sessions might capture an image that would be right for the time. The band's manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham agreed, as did the band, and at about 5.30 a.m. we all set off in a procession of limousines for Primrose Hill. I had built a rather clumsy filter of black card, glass and Vaseline, which I hoped would create a strange, ethereal and slightly "stoned" look to the photos. In spite of Brian Jones being rather unhelpful some of the time, and all of us feeling the bitter early morning chill, the photos turned out better than I could have wished for and the cover image has become one of my most famous and enduring photos of the Stones". Prices are shown excluding VAT. This is added at checkout where applicable.
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Ormond Yard London 1965 Gered recalls: "Shot just outside my Ormond Yard studio, this portrait of the band features two of Britain's greatest guitarists; Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. I was very pleased to have captured the bowler hatted city type as he passed by in the background!" There is certainly more than meets the eye in this picture. We actually think this photograph is a perfect example of one of Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moments". Here's why. Well, it goes without saying that the band were posed by Gered, so its nothing to do with that. It's the fact that closer examination of what is going on in the background reveals a veritable microcosm of 1960's British society. Gered himself mentions the upper class gent in the bowler hat who appears between Keith Relf's legs, looking towards the camera. But look further back and see who is also there, also framed by the Relf thighs - it appears to be a working man in overalls and flat cap walking towards our bowler hatted friend. And then look to the right and see what's going on between Jimmy Page's legs...it's a genuine 1960s beat girl, nicely framed by a doorway she is passing. Prices are shown excluding VAT. This is added at checkout where applicable.
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Prices are shown excluding VAT. This is added at checkout where applicable.
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This is the sole surviving colour transparency from Gered's 1965 studio session with the Stones. Prices are shown excluding VAT. This is added at checkout where applicable.
