Brecon’s FOUND Gallery presents the first exhibition of Pete Davis’ ‘Photographs of Cardiff 1969 - 1977’.

'City Stories - Photographs of Cardiff, 1969-1977'

“The photographs of Splott, where I was brought up and went to school, were made at the time that the main employer in the area - the steelworks - was closing, and the area being pulled apart and 're-developed'. This was a substantial part of the city not just in transition but about to disappear altogether. Conscious of the very major changes there and the upheaval to the many residents at the time, I would return on numerous occasions to record the street life and the gradual decay and destruction of the urban landscape that I had regarded as home until the mid 1960’s. I also continued this work in the wider city environment. Ideas and attitudes to creative work alter as time progresses and reactions to particular images change as they are viewed in a different historical and social context from the ones in which they were created”.

Photographer Talk

Pete Davis will be giving a talk about the work and his long career in photography on Tuesday 3rd May at 7pm at the gallery.
To book a place for the talk ‘Observations - Collections - Recollections: A lifetime in Photography’ - use the link provided on the Gallery’s exhibition page: https://www.foundgallery.co.uk/-/galleries/coming-soon/city-stories

You can view more of Pete’s work on his website:
www.pete-davis-photography.com

Follow him on Instagram @petedavisphoto

The exhibition runs from Tuesday 26 April - Saturday 21 May 2022

Found Gallery is normally open Tuesday- Saturday 10am - 4.30pm
(please check opening status and any entry restrictions with gallery before travelling)

Found Gallery, 1 Bulwark, Brecon LD3 7LB
telephone: 07736 062849

www.foundgallery.co.uk