Exhibition Tour: Snap Happy!

Through photographs and archives, Snap Happy! celebrates the creativity, curiosity and distinctive perspectives of generations of young photographers.

Featuring archives of advertising, manuals, comics and toys, Snap Happy! shows how photography became more mainstream and much loved by younger generations. From snapshots of family, friends and pets to school projects and photographic experimentation, Snap Happy! celebrates a child's eye view of the world through the camera.

This short tour offers a glimpse into the research and content that led to the exhibition as well as Annebella Pollen's book Whippersnappers: How Children Became Photographers, published by Four Corners Books (2026).

Annebella Pollen is Professor of Visual and Material Culture at University of Brighton, UK, where she researches undervalued archives and untold stories in art and design history.

Clare Grafik is Head of Exhibitions at The Photographers' Gallery.