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Steve Benbow - part 3

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Steve Benbow - part 3

STEVE BENBOW in conversation with BRIAN CARROLL
CHEPSTOW, AUGUST 2023

STEVE BENBOW yn sgwrsio gydag BRIAN CARROLL
Cas-gwent, AWST 2023

Steve Benbow trained in photography under David Hurn on the original Newport Documentary Photography course in the mid-1970s, after which he was a founding member of the Ffotogallery in Cardiff, a founder of the respected London-based ‘Network’ Agency of photojournalists; and an international professional photojournalist for over twenty years working with photo agencies in London, Paris and New York.

Along with his wife Kate – a photo editor at The Times and US News and World Report – he returned to Wales and started the Photolibrary Wales for Wales-specific stock stills images; and then Video Wales for video production. Steve is now retired from photography but was one of the top names on Ffoton’s hit list of photographers to interview when planning for the website and podcast started in mid-2014 . Mission accomplished.

The audio below is the final segment of three parts, and explores Steve’s return to Wales and forming the Photolibrary Wales - a stills stock agency specialising in providing images of Wales to commercial clients, his views on copyright, forming Video Wales in offering moving images and, finally, retirement from photography.

Listen to part one and part two

Ffoton’s Season 3 conversations now include audio Chapter headings that allow easy navigation through audio and will be visible in Podcast Apps supporting enhanced podcast features.

See below for a small selection of Steve's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

Gallery images © Steve Benbow and used with permission of the photographer.

Ffoton images of the photographer © Brian Carroll

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.
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Steve Benbow - part 2

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Steve Benbow - part 2

STEVE BENBOW in conversation with BRIAN CARROLL
CHEPSTOW, AUGUST 2023

STEVE BENBOW yn sgwrsio gydag BRIAN CARROLL
Cas-gwent, AWST 2023

Steve Benbow trained in photography under David Hurn on the original Newport Documentary Photography course in the mid-1970s, after which he was a founding member of the Ffotogallery in Cardiff, a founder of the respected London-based ‘Network’ Agency of photojournalists; and an international professional photojournalist for over twenty years working with photo agencies in London, Paris and New York.

Along with his wife Kate – a photo editor at The Times and US News and World Report – he returned to Wales and started the Photolibrary Wales for Wales-specific stock stills images; and then Video Wales for video production. Steve is now retired from photography but was one of the top names on Ffoton’s hit list of photographers to interview when planning for the website and podcast started in mid-2014 . Mission accomplished.

The audio below is the second of three parts, and explores Steve’s entry into photography, his time on the Newport Documentary Photography course, and the formation of the Ffotogallery in Cardiff.

Listen to part one here

Ffoton’s Season 3 conversations now include audio Chapter headings that allow easy navigation through audio and will be visible in Podcast Apps supporting enhanced podcast features.

See below for a small selection of Steve's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

Gallery images © Steve Benbow and used with permission of the photographer.

Ffoton images of the photographer © Brian Carroll

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.
See our Terms page for more details.

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Steve Benbow - part 1

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Steve Benbow - part 1

STEVE BENBOW in conversation with BRIAN CARROLL
CHEPSTOW, AUGUST 2023

STEVE BENBOW yn sgwrsio gydag BRIAN CARROLL
Cas-gwent, AWST 2023

Steve Benbow trained in photography under David Hurn on the original Newport Documentary Photography course in the mid-1970s, after which he was a founding member of the Ffotogallery in Cardiff, a founder of the respected London-based ‘Network’ Agency of photojournalists; and an international professional photojournalist for over twenty years working with photo agencies in London, Paris and New York.

Along with his wife Kate – a photo editor at The Times and US News and World Report – he returned to Wales and started the Photolibrary Wales for Wales-specific stock stills images; and then Video Wales for video production. Steve is now retired from photography but was one of the top names on Ffoton’s hit list of photographers to interview when planning for the website and podcast started in mid-2014 . Mission accomplished.

The audio below is the first of three parts, and explores Steve’s entry into photography, his time on the Newport Documentary Photography course, and the formation of the Ffotogallery in Cardiff.

Ffoton’s Season 3 conversations now include audio Chapter headings which will be visible in Podcast Apps supporting enhanced podcast features.

See below for a small selection of Steve's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

Gallery images © Steve Benbow and used with permission of the photographer.

Ffoton images of the photographer © Brian Carroll

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.
See our Terms page for more details.

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Peter Cattrell

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Peter Cattrell

Peter Cattrell in conversation with Pete Davis
Machynlleth, September 2019

Peter Cattrell yn sgwrsio gydag Pete Davis
Machynlleth, Medi 2019

Born in Glasgow and now based in London, Peter Cattrell studied photography at London College of Printing and has taught photography part time at Central St Martins, Camberwell and London College of Communication.

Highly regarded for his landscape photography made in Britain and Europe, Peter works primarily with film and fine printing techniques - and these skills as a master printer brought him to the attention of the renowned photographer Faye Godwin who worked with Peter to print her black and white landscapes of the British countryside. In his own work, Peter draws inspiration from locations through historical research and personal association.

His work is held in numerous Collections around the world, including the V&A, London; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; National Galleries of Scotland; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Goldman Sachs, London and National Trust for Scotland.

Spending time when he can in Wales by making new work around Machynlleth and mid Wales area, we caught up with Peter on a recent visit to Ffotogaleri y Gofeb. Ffoton are grateful to Peter and Pete Davis for agreeing to record this conversation and we’re delighted and honoured to have two exceptional analogue landscape photographers featured here.

Recorded at the Ffotogaleri y Gofeb in Machynlleth by Brian Carroll. Our thanks to Diane and Geoff - curators at the gallery.

See below for a small selection of Peter's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

Gallery talk by Peter Cattrell, Scottish fine printer and landscape photographer, who worked closely with Fay Godwin and developed his photographic printing skills through preparing her photographs for exhibition and publication. In this gallery talk that ended the Fay Godwin Conference day, Peter discusses each of the photographs he printed for this part of the exhibition from her original negatives, provided by the British Library.
Fought between July and November 1916, the Battle of the Somme was the deadliest military exchange of the First World War. On the first day of the conflict the Sheffield Pals Battalion was all but destroyed, with soldiers from the city amongst almost 60,000 British casualties to fall within 24 hours.

Gallery images © Peter Cattrell and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner images © Brian Carroll

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.
See our Terms page for more details.

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Ron McCormick : Part 3

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Ron McCormick : Part 3

Ron McCormick in conversation with Paul Reas
Cardiff, June 2019

Ron McCormick yn sgwrsio gydag Paul Reas
Caerdydd, Mehefin 2019

Ron McCormick trained as an artist at Liverpool School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools in London before moving across to photography. He played a significant role in the formation and development of photography galleries across the UK in the 1970’s - including Half Moon Gallery in London, Side Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne and the original Ffotogallery in Cardiff.

Ron taught on the Newport Documentary Photography course alongside David Hurn and established ‘The Newport Survey’ publication that students worked on as part of their studies over a decade in the 1980’s . He was one of the first photographers to be commissioned by Ffotogallery to produce work for the highly regarded ‘Valleys Project’ in the 1980’s and his documentary work of the changing landscape and communities in the south Wales valleys as coal mining disappeared in the region is considered to be some of the best produced.

His work is held in the Arts Council Collection and in private collections. He has lived and worked in Newport since 1977 and continues to be an active member of the Newport art and photography scene. A major exhibition of his south Wales work 'How Green was my Valley' will open at Newport Museum & Art Gallery on 21 September and run through to 14 March 2020.

Recorded at the University of South Wales Atrium campus in Cardiff by Brian Carroll. Our thanks to Paul Reas for organising.

This is Part 3 of 3. Listen to part 1 and 2

Mount Tom Price minesite, Western Australia, 1983
© Ron McCormick, pan54-735-736

See below for a small selection of Ron's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

His latest exhibition ‘How Green was my Valley’ in Newport Museum & Art Gallery runs 21 September 2019 - 14 March 2020.

Keep an eye open for Ron’s new website, currently in development, at www.ronmccormick.com
A selection of Ron’s books are available via BigCartel communimedia.bigcartel.com

Gallery images © Ron McCormick and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner images © Brian Carroll

Further reading from this episode…
Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes : Wikipedia link
Half Moon Gallery and Camerawork : Four Corners Archive link
Camerawork magazine : BJP article
Side Gallery : Amber link
Documentary Photography Course : University of South Wales

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.
See our Terms page for more details.

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Ron McCormick : Part 2

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Ron McCormick : Part 2

Ron MCCormick in conversation with Paul Reas
Cardiff, June 2019

Ron McCormick yn sgwrsio gydag Paul Reas
Caerdydd, Mehefin 2019

Ron McCormick trained as an artist at Liverpool School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools in London before moving across to photography. He played a significant role in the formation and development of photography galleries across the UK in the 1970’s - including Half Moon Gallery in London, Side Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne and the original Ffotogallery in Cardiff.

Ron taught on the Newport Documentary Photography course alongside David Hurn and established ‘The Newport Survey’ publication that students worked on as part of their studies over a decade in the 1980’s . He was one of the first photographers to be commissioned by Ffotogallery to produce work for the highly regarded ‘Valleys Project’ in the 1980’s and his documentary work of the changing landscape and communities in the south Wales valleys as coal mining disappeared in the region is considered to be some of the best produced.

His work is held in the Arts Council Collection and in private collections. He has lived and worked in Newport since 1977 and continues to be an active member of the Newport art and photography scene. A major exhibition of his south Wales work 'How Green was my Valley' will open at Newport Museum & Art Gallery on 21 September and run through to 14 March 2020.

Recorded at the University of South Wales Atrium campus in Cardiff by Brian Carroll. Our thanks to Paul Reas for organising.

This is Part 2 of 3. Listen to 1 and 3

Mount Tom Price minesite, Western Australia, 1983
© Ron McCormick, pan54-735-736

See below for a small selection of Ron's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

His latest exhibition ‘How Green was my Valley’ in Newport Museum & Art Gallery runs 21 September 2019 - 14 March 2020.

Keep an eye open for Ron’s new website, currently in development, at www.ronmccormick.com
A selection of Ron’s books are available via BigCartel communimedia.bigcartel.com

Gallery images © Ron McCormick and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner images © Brian Carroll

Further reading from this episode…
John Claridge : website link
Ian Berry : Magnum photographer
New Topographics : Wikipedia link
Walker Evans : ICP website
Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes : Wikipedia link
Half Moon Gallery and Camerawork : Four Corners Archive link
Camerawork magazine : BJP article
Side Gallery : Amber link

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.
See our Terms page for more details.

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Ron McCormick : Part 1

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Ron McCormick : Part 1

Ron McCormick in conversation with Paul Reas
Cardiff, June 2019

Ron McCormick yn sgwrsio gydag Paul Reas
Caerdydd, Mehefin 2019

Mount Tom Price minesite, Western Australia, 1983
© Ron McCormick, pan54-735-736

Ron McCormick trained as an artist at Liverpool School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools in London before moving across to photography. He played a significant role in the formation and development of photography galleries across the UK in the 1970’s - including Half Moon Gallery in London, Side Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne and the original Ffotogallery in Cardiff.

Ron taught on the Newport Documentary Photography course alongside David Hurn and established ‘The Newport Survey’ publication that students worked on as part of their studies - produced over a decade in the 1980’s . He was one of the first photographers to be commissioned by Ffotogallery to produce work for the highly regarded ‘Valleys Project’ in the 1980’s and his documentary work of the changing landscape and communities in the south Wales valleys as coal mining disappeared in the region is considered to be some of the best produced.

His work is held in the Arts Council Collection and in private collections. He has lived and worked in Newport since 1977 and continues to be an active member of the Newport art and photography scene.

A major exhibition of his south Wales work 'How Green was my Valley' will open at Newport Museum & Art Gallery on 21 September and run through to 14 March 2020.

Recorded at the University of South Wales Atrium campus in Cardiff by Brian Carroll. Our thanks to Paul Reas for organising.

Part 1 - listen to part 2 and 3

See below for a small selection of Ron's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

‘How Green was my Valley’ exhibition in Newport Museum & Art Gallery runs 21 September 2019 - 14 March 2020.

Keep an eye open for Ron’s new website, currently in development, at www.ronmccormick.com
A selection of Ron’s books are available via BigCartel communimedia.bigcartel.com

Gallery images © Ron McCormick and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner images © Brian Carroll

Further reading from this episode…
Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes : Wikipedia link
Half Moon Gallery and Camerawork : Four Corners Archive link
Camerawork magazine : BJP article
Side Gallery : Amber link

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.
See our Terms page for more details.

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