Paul Weller :The solo years
Photographs by Lawrence Watson
NOW SHOWING TO 22 SEPTEMBER 2007


First ever solo Paul Weller exhibition
We’re delighted that Lawrence Watson has chosen Snap to be the first gallery to exhibit and offer for sale limited edition photographs from his spectacular Paul Weller archive - it is our major exhibition of the summer and runs from Saturday 7 July 2007 to Saturday 22 September 2007. Lawrence will be at the gallery on the opening day, Saturday 7 July, and would be delighted to meet you.

The exhibition focuses on Paul Weller’s complete sixteen year (and counting) solo career, a period photographed in its entirety by Lawrence. His archive contains the definitive images of Paul Weller’s solo years and is packed full of nuggets. His photographic credits do the talking - you’ll see his work on most of Paul Weller’s albums and singles, and his photographs documenting the first few years of Paul Weller’s solo career were published in the 1995 book ‘Days Lose Their Names And Time Slips Away’.

Perhaps Lawrence’s most instantly recognisable image is the one alongside, a silhouette of Paul Weller strumming his guitar in a doorway with a dappled summer scene in the background, used on the cover of 1993’s ‘Wild Wood’. The exhibition features this and a feast of other great work, none of which has been made available before.

Exclusive limited editions
Lawrence is very tuned in to the needs of contemporary collectors and is releasing work from his archive in very small limited editions. Full details are included in the brochure and price list which can be viewed online by clicking the button below. We are expecting demand for Lawrence’s work to be very high. Prices start at £595 for a limited edition photograph with a 16 x 16 inch image size.

‘A Thousand Things’
The exhibition coincides with the publication of ‘ A Thousand Things’, the forthcoming luxury limited edition book by Genesis publications, which covers Paul Weller’s career from The Jam to the present day, and features Lawrence’s photographs alongside work by many other photographers. The book will be available to order at the gallery - if you would like to preorder a copy please get in touch.

Guy White
Gallery Director