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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

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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.
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Lorna Cabble

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Lorna Cabble

Lorna Cabble in conversation with Emyr Young
ABERYSTWYTH, OCTOBER 2022

Lorna Cabble yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
ABERYSTWYTH, Hydref 2022

Lorna Cabble is a Cardiff-based photographer holding a first class BA Degree graduate in Photojournalism and an MFA in Documentary Photography, both from the University of South Wales. She is currently one of two full-time specialist Stills Officers managing and commissioning stills photography within the Digital and Marketing Department at Welsh Television Broadcaster S4C.

Lorna’s impressive and ongoing personal photography projects explore themes in theatre, performance and collaboration. Her work has been exhibited previously in group shows, including one with the Phrame Collective of female photographers in South Wales and a 2021 solo show at the Workers Gallery in Ynyshir titled ‘Funny Little World’ showing a selection of her Burlesque and Cabaret documentary work.

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 Lorna'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.

See more of Lorna’s work on her website www.lornacphotography.com
Follow her on Instagram @lorna_cabble
Gallery images © Lorna Cabble and used with permission of the photographer.


Ffoton images of the photographer © Brian Carroll

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Huw Alden Davies : Part 2

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Huw Alden Davies : Part 2

Huw Alden Davies in conversation with Emyr Young
Carmarthenshire, June 2021

Huw Alden Davies yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
Sir Gâr, Mehefin 2021

Part 2 of Ffoton’s conversation with Carmarthenshire-based photographer Huw Alden Davies at Carmarthen School of Art where Huw leads the BA Photography course.

Early cameras

Early memories with his father

Having shot fashion and editorial work early in his career, Huw’s personal work has come to the fore in recent years through his exploration of family and the close-knit communities in the area of Tumble where he grew up. His ‘Prince’ project on his father has been published and exhibited; and more recently in 2020 he has self-published a related book titled ‘Scaffold to the Moon’.

His new work ‘Xennial (Dreaming in Colour)' is shown as part of the Diffusion 2021 Festival in Cardiff.

Listen to Part 1 of this conversation

Ffoton’s Season 2 conversations now include audio Chapter headings which will be visible in Podcast Apps supporting enhanced podcast features.

See below for a small selection of Huw'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.

See more of Huw’s work on his website www.huwdaviesphotography.com
Follow him on Instagram @huwaldendavies
Gallery images © Huw Alden Davies and used with permission of the photographer.
Ffoton images of the photographer © Brian Carroll

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Huw Alden Davies : Part 1

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Huw Alden Davies : Part 1

Huw Alden Davies in conversation with Emyr Young
Carmarthenshire, June 2021

Huw Alden Davies yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
Sir Gâr, Mehefin 2021

Ffoton talks with Carmarthenshire-based photographer Huw Alden Davies at Carmarthen School of Art where Huw leads the BA Photography course.

Early cameras

Early cameras

Early memories with his father

Early memories with his father

Having shot fashion and editorial work early in his career, Huw’s personal work has come to the fore in recent years through his exploration of family and the close-knit communities in the area of Tumble where he grew up. His ‘Prince’ project on his father has been published and exhibited; and more recently in 2020 he has self-published a related book titled ‘Scaffold to the Moon’.

His new work ‘Xennial (Dreaming in Colour)' is shown as part of the Diffusion 2021 Festival in Cardiff.

Listen to Part 2 of this conversation

Ffoton’s Season 2 conversations now include audio Chapter headings which will be visible in Podcast Apps supporting enhanced podcast features.

See below for a small selection of Huw'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.

See more of Huw’s work on his website www.huwdaviesphotography.com
Follow him on Instagram @huwaldendavies
Gallery images © Huw Alden Davies 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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Peter Finnemore : Part 2

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Peter Finnemore : Part 2

Peter Finnemore in conversation with Emyr Young
CarmartHenshire, June 2021

Peter Finnemore yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
Sir Gâr, Mehefin 2021

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Peter Finnemore is a long established, and much respected, Welsh photographic artist based in south-west Wales. His work has long explored memory, family, culture and history, and his deeply immersive, thirty-plus year Gwendraeth House project is ongoing.

Peter studied photography at both Degree and Post-graduate levels at Glasgow School of Art under Thomas Joshua-Cooper, before gaining a Masters in Fine Art, Photography at the University of Michigan.

He represented Wales at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, and his work has been shown widely in both solo and group exhibitions in the UK and internationally, and in published titles ‘Gwendraeth House’ , ‘Zen Gardener, and ‘Silent Village’.

Ffoton were delighted to speak to Peter as our first in-person conversation since the Covid-19 lockdowns in Wales, at Gwendraeth House - his family home, in Carmarthenshire. A very enjoyable day with a very passionate photographer.
Listen to Part 1 of this conversation

Ffoton’s Season 2 conversations now include audio Chapter headings which will be visible in Podcast Apps supporting enhanced podcast features.

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.

See more of Peter’s work on his extensive website www.peterfinnemore.com
Follow him on Instagram @peter.finnemore

Gallery images © Peter Finnemore 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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Peter Finnemore : Part 1

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Peter Finnemore : Part 1

Peter Finnemore in conversation with Emyr Young
Carmarthenshire, June 2021

Peter Finnemore yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
Sir Gâr, Mehefin 2021

Peter Finnemore is a long established, and much respected, Welsh photographic artist based in south-west Wales. His work has long explored memory, family, culture and history, and his deeply immersive, thirty-plus year Gwendraeth House project is ongoing.

Peter studied photography at both Degree and Post-graduate levels at Glasgow School of Art under Thomas Joshua-Cooper, before gaining a Masters in Fine Art, Photography at the University of Michigan.

He represented Wales at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, and his work has been shown widely in both solo and group exhibitions in the UK and internationally, and in published titles ‘Gwendraeth House’ , ‘Zen Gardener, and ‘Silent Village’.

Ffoton were delighted to speak to Peter as our first in-person conversation since the Covid-19 lockdowns in Wales, at Gwendraeth House - his family home, in Carmarthenshire. A very enjoyable day with a very passionate photographer.
Listen to Part 2 of this conversation

Ffoton’s Season 2 conversations now include audio Chapter headings which will be visible in Podcast Apps supporting enhanced podcast features.

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.

See more of Peter’s work on his immersive website www.peterfinnemore.com
Follow him on Instagram @peter.finnemore

Gallery images © Peter Finnemore 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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Martin Parr

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Martin Parr

Martin Parr in conversation with Emyr Young
CARDIFF, NOVEMber 2019

Martin Parr yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
CAERDYDD, Tachwedd 2019

Martin Parr 1952-2025

Martin Parr was a British documentary photographer with a long relationship with and affection for Wales.

Parr studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic in the early 1970’s alongside peers such as Daniel Meadows and Brian Griffin - both of whom he remains friends with to this day. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1988 on achieving the necessary two-thirds vote of other members but not before Welshman Philip Jones Griffiths had pleaded for them to exclude him, stating…
”…His membership would not be a proclamation of diversity but the rejection of those values that have given Magnum the status it has in the world today... Let me state that I have great respect for him as the dedicated enemy of everything I believe in and, I trust, what Magnum still believes in.”

Martin Parr’s Magnum colleagues went on to select him as President of Magnum Photos International in 2014 (a post he held until 2017) and he remained a respected and active voice within Magnum Photos until his death at home in Bristol on 6th December 2025.

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Above: Martin Parr giving a guided talk of his work in National Museum Cardiff in November 2019. Images: Brian Carroll

Parr is now one of the world’s most famous names in photography - both in terms of his ongoing raw documentation of society in saturated colour and also his life-long passion for collecting Photobooks and other ephemera. In 2017 he and his dedicated team opened The Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol to archive and exhibit not just his own work but also a rich and important collection of post-war British Documentary photography and archive material by other photographers. The Foundation also houses a world-class collection of Photobooks which is expanding weekly and includes a growing (albeit slowly) collection from Wales.

Recorded at the National Museum in Cardiff. Our thanks to Bronwen Colquhoun, Senior Curator of Photography, National Museum Wales.

See below for a small selection of Martin's work from Wales, Scotland and Ireland, 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.

See more of Martin’s work on the Magnum Photos website www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/martin-parr
Find out more about events and exhibitions at The Martin Parr Foundation (and membership) at www.martinparrfoundation.org
Follow them on Twitter @martinparrfdn

Gallery images © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos and used with permission.
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.
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Haydn Denman

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Haydn Denman

Haydn Denman in conversation with Emyr Young
Colwyn Bay, October 2019

Haydn Denman yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
Machynlleth, Mehefin 2019

Haydn Denman has been a documentary photographer for over twenty years whilst also following his main career as a multi BAFTA award-winning television documentary cameraman and director.

Mod, Eddie Crole, near Rest Bay Beach, Porthcawl, Wales.Filltir Sgwar .Part of the 'Welsh Mods' project.
Image © Haydn Denman

Mod, Adam Lewis, Mumbles Pier, Gower, Wales. Part of the 'Welsh Mods' project 2018.
Image © Haydn Denman

Images from Haydn’s ‘Welsh Mod’ series - now published in the book Welsh Mod: Our Story.

Haydn has received numerous commissions in addition to British Council and Arts Council Awards to document communities and regions here in Wales, but also in other parts of the world including Patagonia, the Arctic, South Africa, Palestine and the U.S.A. His photographs have been shown in numerous exhibitions and publications. Collections of his work are held here in Wales at the National Library of Wales and Ffotogallery.

Recorded at the 2019 Northern EYE Festival in Colwyn Bay, Wales.

See below for a small selection of Haydn'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.

See more of Haydn’s work on his website www.haydndenman-photography.com
Follow his work and travels on Instagram @haydndenman
Read more about ‘Welsh Mod: Our Story’ and buy the book at www.welshmod.co.uk

Gallery images © Haydn Denman 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.
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Nick Wynne

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Nick Wynne

Nick Wynne in conversation with Emyr Young
Colwyn Bay, October 2019

Nick Wynne yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
Colwyn Bay, Hydref 2019

Hailing from Merseyside, Nick Wynne’s life-long passion for photography is evident in his self-initiated projects documenting people and communities - both here in the UK and wider afield.

Based in the Wirral not far from the border of the North Wales coast, his passion started in the school darkroom and led him to study photography at Wolverhampton Polytechnic College before being accepted on the Documentary Photography course in Newport.

Nick’s early and ongoing work stands out on Instagram - the online platform where he chooses to share examples of his of photography. Early in his study, his close documentation of a Traveller community in Flintshire resulted in a series of strong images that then fuelled a desire travel to America, Romania and more recently, a Syrian refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon to document people and communities ‘on the edge’. His Traveller and Romanian images caught the eye of Offline Journal - resulting in a feature article and cover of issue 3 (below).

Ffoton met up with Nick at the 2019 Northern EYE Photography Festival in Colwyn Bay.

Offline Journal - issue 3 cover and spread featuring Nick Wynne's images

See below for a small selection of Nick'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.

See a larger selection of Nick’s ongoing work on Instagram @nicholasthomaswynne
Gallery images © Nick Wynne and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner images © Brian Carroll

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Amanda Jackson

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Amanda Jackson

Amanda Jackson in conversation with Ellie Hopkins
Colwyn Bay, October 2019

Amanda Jackson yn sgwrsio gydag Ellie Hopkins
Colwyn Bay, Hydref 2019

Canadian by birth but resident in the UK since 2001, Amanda Jackson is a commercial portrait and lifestyle photographer based just over the Welsh border in Malvern.

After studying photography in Hereford she has continued to build a portfolio of work for numerous clients whilst also developing her own personal projects. Her lifestyle work has been featured in various publications including The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent; Marie Claire, In Clover Magazine and Photoworks Annual.

Her ongoing personal project ‘To Build A Home’ which documents the people and setting of the Lammas Eco Village in Pembrokeshire gained her Arts Council funding in 2013 and making the photographs inspired her to purchase a small plot of land nearby - providing a lure and impetus to revisit the site with her camera. Work from the series has been exhibited in Aberystwyth, The Northern EYE Festival and Ffotogallery and several prints are held in the archive at The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.

Ffoton managed to pin Amanda down at the 2019 Northern EYE Festival in Colwyn Bay to record a conversation with fellow photographer Ellie Hopkins. Our thanks to both.

See below for a small selection of Amanda'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.

See more of Amanda’s work on her website www.amandajaxn.co.uk
Follow her adventures on Instagram @amandajaxnphoto and Twitter @amandajaxnphoto

Ellie Hopkins is a photographer, PhD researcher and photojournalism tutor at the University of Stirling.
View her work on her website www.elliehopkinsphoto.com and follow her adventures on Twitter @ellmhopkins

Gallery images © Amanda Jackson 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.
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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

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Aled Rhys Hughes

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Aled Rhys Hughes

Aled Rhys Hughes IN CONVERSATION WITH Emyr Young
Haverfordwest, March 2019

Aled Rhys Hughes YN SGWRSIO GYDAG Emyr Young
Hwlffordd, Mawrth 2019

Aled Rhys Hughes speaking at Ffotogaleri y Gofeb in Machynlleth during a John Blakemore event in March 2019. Image © Brian Carroll

Aled Rhys Hughes speaking at Ffotogaleri y Gofeb in Machynlleth during a John Blakemore event in March 2019. Image © Brian Carroll

Aled Rhys Hughes was born in the Rhondda and is a photographic artist and lecturer.

He has worked in photography for twenty five years and specialises in large format photography using 10x8 analogue cameras.
He was awarded a gold medal for his fine art photography at the National Eisteddfod in Wales in 2005 for his 'Farewell Rock' series and his ‘Mametz’ series was exhibited in the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth in 2016 alongside items from the David Jones archive.

Y mae Aled Rhys Hughes yn enedigol o'r Rhondda ac yn artist ffotograffig yn ac yn ddarlithydd.

Y mae Aled weddi gweithio yn y byd ffotograffig ers pum mlynedd ar hugain ac yn arbenigo mewn ffotograffiaeth analog trwy ddefnyddio camera 10x8. Fe enillodd y Fedal Aur yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol am ei gyfres 'Farwell Rock' ac fe wnaeth e arddangos ei gyfres 'Mametz Wood' yn y LLyfrgell Genedlaethol Aberystwyth ynghyd ag eitemau o archif David Jones.

See below for a small selection of Aled'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.

View more of Aled's work on his website www.aledrhyshughes.co.uk
Follow his current adventures on Instagram @aledrhyshughes

Gallery images © Aled Rhys Hughes and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner image © Brian Carroll

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Pete Davis

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Pete Davis

Pete Davis IN CONVERSATION WITH Geoff Young
Machynlleth, March 2019

Pete Davis YN SGWRSIO GYDAG Geoff Young
Machynlleth, Mawrth 2019

Left: Pete’s 10x8 plate camera setup on location in Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales. And the man himself in his rather special camera black cloth.

Photographer Pete Davis first wielded a camera when he was eleven years old and has since gone on to hone his craft by being an advertising and fashion photographer and was a senior lecturer in documentary photography at the University of Wales, Newport for eighteen years - nine of which he was the course leader.

Known for his large format landscape documentary photography both here in Wales and abroad, the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth staged a major retrospective exhibition of Pete's photography in 2017 featuring work from across sixty years.

Ffoton are delighted to have recorded Pete in conversation with Geoff Young - co-curator at Ffotogaleri y Gofeb in Machynlleth in March 2109 where Pete’s work was part of a group landscape exhibition ‘Rituals of Intimacy’ - alongside work by John Blakemore, Peter Cattrell, Marian Delyth and Aled Rhys Hughes. This conversation was recorded following a morning event where the photographers gave a public talk at the gallery.

Triptych from Pete’s ongoing ‘Village and memorial Halls’ series. © Pete Davis

See below for a small selection of Pete'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.

View more of Pete's work on his website www.pete-davis-photography.com
Follow his current adventures on Instagram @petedavisphoto

Gallery images © Pete Davis and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner image © Brian Carroll

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Paul Reas

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Paul Reas

PAUL REAS IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID HURN
Tintern, February 2019

PAUL REAS YN SGWRSIO GYDAG DAVID HURN
Tintern, Chwefror 2019

© Photograph Copyright Paul Reas

© Photograph Copyright Paul Reas

Paul Reas has a long career in UK photography during which he has worked as an editorial and advertising photographer before moving into education. Respected for his gritty documentation of the UK’s working class and consumerism, Paul’s colour work is considered part of the new movement in colour during the late 1980’s and early 90’s along with others such as Anna Fox and Paul Graham. Reas was one of the first photographers to be commissioned by Ffotogallery to contribute to The Valleys Project.

Paul has recently published Fables of Faubus, a 30-year retrospective photobook on his work and the title giving a hint to his love of music.

Currently course leader on the respected Documentary Photography course founded by David Hurn in Newport (now delivered at the University of South Wales course in Cardiff), Ffoton are delighted to bring the two friends together for an exclusive conversation on Paul’s work and career.

Contact sheet selection of the final image of the ‘Glowing Man’. © Paul Reas

Contact sheet selection of a considered image from same session with the ‘Glowing Man’. © Paul Reas

See below for a small selection of Paul'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.

Find out more about Paul’s new book on his website fablesoffaubus.format.com
Follow his current adventures on Instagram @paul.reas and Twitter @paulreas
Gallery images © Paul Reas and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner image © Brian Carroll

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Michael Christopher Brown

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Michael Christopher Brown

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BROWN IN CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD SAMBROOK
BRISTOL, FEBRUARY 2018

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BROWN YN SGWRSIO GYDAG RICHARD SAMBROOK
Bryste, Chwefror 2018

Image from 'Yo soy Fidel' © Michael Christopher Brown

Michael Christopher Brown is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer who immersed himself in travel and covering foreign assignments - including major conflict zones - professionally from 2006. Michael has been a contributing photographer at National Geographic since 2005 and joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2013 and was an associate from 2015 until June 2017.

Probably his best known work to date is his monograph 'Libyan Sugar' which won the Paris Photo First Photobook Award and the International Center of Photography's 2017 Infinity Award for Artist's Book. This unique book demonstrated his skill in using primarily an iPhone to photograph the Libyan Revolution from 2011-2012 where he covered several battles, was ambushed several times and injured twice. He survived the same mortar attack that killed his close friend and photojournalist colleague Tim Hetherington.

Ffoton spoke to Michael in early 2018 during a trip to the UK to plan his next book on Cuba where, as part of his 'Paradiso' project, he's been documenting the electronica music and youth scene in Havana. Whilst working there, he witnessed the national grieving and had exclusive access to the funeral cortege of the late leader Fidel Castro as it travelled from Havana to his grave in Santiago. Michael is currently working on a large documentary project on native Americans.

We were pleased and grateful to have Professor Richard Sambrook conduct the interview - an experienced journalist and ex-Director of News at the BBC who oversaw their coverage of the 2003 Iraq conflict. And thanks also to Martin and his team who kindly accommodated us for the recording on a busy day at The Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol.

See below for a small selection of Michael'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.

View more of Michael's work on his website michaelchristopherbrown.com

Gallery images © Michael Christopher Brown and used with permission of the photographer.
Podcast images © Brian Carroll.

Videos on Michael's work

Using the iPhone in photojournalism and collaboration with other creative practitioners. Ffoton on YouTube

'Libyan Sugar'. International Center of Photography on YouTube

Native America Project. DP Review on YouTube

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Bernard Mitchell

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Bernard Mitchell

BERNARD MITCHELL IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG
SWANSEA, January 2018

BERNARD MITCHELL YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
Abertawe, Ionawr 2018

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Photographers Roger Tiley, Emyr Young and Bernard Mitchell

Photographers Roger Tiley, Emyr Young and Bernard Mitchell

After studying photography at Berkshire College of Art in the mid 1960's, Bernard Mitchell began his long career as a photojournalist working for Thomson Regional Newspapers. Bernard returned to Swansea many years later and in 2003 studied for a Masters degree in photography at Swansea Metropolitan University.

Back in 1966 as a student, he started a project to document the circle of painters, writers and musicians who had associated with Dylan Thomas in their homes and studios but that project extended to cover the wider arts, literature and photography communities across Wales and continues to this day. A new book titled 'Pieces of a Jigsaw' published in late 2017 presents a selection of images from his ongoing Welsh Arts Archive project.

Bernard gifted his archive of photographs of artists and writers of Wales to the Richard Burton Archive at Swansea University in 2016.

Ffoton had the great pleasure of speaking with Bernard at his home in early 2018.

See below for a small selection of Bernard'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.

View more of Bernard's work on his website www.bernardmitchell.co.uk

Gallery images © Bernard Mitchell are held and supplied by The Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University. Used with permission of the photographer.
Podcast images © Brian Carroll.

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