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Peter Jones

PETER JONES IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG
ABERYSTWYTH, WEST WALES, AUGUST 2016

PETER JONES YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
ABERYSTWYTH, CEREDIGION, AWST 2016

Peter Jones talking with Ffoton, August 2016. Image by Brian Carroll

Peter Jones at home. Image by Alan Hale

One of Peter's many hand-crafted sculptures around his home.

And felled tree becomes a handmade chair!

Peter Jones 1947-2017

After studying at Manchester College of Art and Design in the late 1960's, Peter Jones moved into photography as first assistant to London Advertising photographer John Thornton. But the quieter life of West Wales saw Peter return to run the family Farm and put photography aside for 30 years. His body of subsequent photography (much of it still unseen) includes an intimate record of rural life in West Wales, including his 'Welsh Farming Community' project.

With his health declining in recent years, Peter kindly agreed to Ffoton visiting him at home rear Aberystwyth. We're glad we did: not only is Peter a knowledgeable photographer with a wicked sense of humour but also a very talented artist. Enjoy this in-depth conversation with a very humble but extremely passionate Welsh photographer.

 
“I’m just a hick from the sticks”
— Peter Jones
 

See below for a 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.

Currently being populated with images from his archive held in the National Library of Wales, you will soon be able to view more of Peter's work on his website www.peterjones.cymru

You can listen to our recording of Peter's guest talk with Bartosz Nowicki and Peter Evans at Third Floor Gallery in 2015 here >

Gallery images © Peter Jones. Used with permission of the photographer. Podcast images © Brian Carroll and © Alan Hale

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Jack Latham

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Jack Latham

JACK LATHAM IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLL.
CARDIFF, SEPTEMBER 2015

JACK LATHAM YN SGWRSIO GYDAG BRIAN CARROLL.
SIR BENFRO, MEDI 2015

Jack Latham. Back in Cardiff for the 2015 Diffusion Festival. Image © Brian Carroll

Big spaces ready for painting and hanging of Jack's large prints from 'A Pink Flamingo'. Image © Brian Carroll

Born and raised in Wales, Jack Latham studied Documentary photography at Newport before graduating in 2012 and moving to Brighton where he's now based as a freelance photographer.

As a member of Welsh photography collective, A Fine Beginning, Jack's documentary photography projects have been published in both print and online, and he has just completed his first self-published book 'A Pink Flamingo' based on a long-term American project, also featuring in an exhibition as part of the 2015 'Looking for America' Diffusion Festival in Cardiff.

We spoke to Jack about his approach to photography, his various projects, self-publishing and photography in Wales.

Cafodd Jack Latham ei eni yng Nghymru ac fe astudiodd ffotograffiaeth ddogfennol yng Nghasnewydd. Wedi graddio yn 2012 symudodd i fyw i Brighton lle mae’n gweithio fel ffotograffydd llaw rydd.

Fel aelod o Fine Beginning mae gwaith dogfennol Jack wedi ei gyhoeddi mewn print ac ar lein ac mae e newydd gwblhau a hunan gyhoeddi llyfr am America cywaith hir dymor sy’n dwyn y teitl A Pink Flamingo. Bydd lluniau o’r cywaith yn rhan o ŵyl Diffusion 2015 Looking for America a gynhelir yng Nghaerdydd.

Cafom sgwrs gyda Jack am ei ffotograffiaeth, ei gyweithiau, hunan argraffu a ffotograffiaeth yng Nghymru.

'A Pink Flamingo' on the printing press. Image © Jack Latham

See below for a gallery of a small selection of Jack's work from 'A Pink Flamingo', reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
Visit his website www.jacklatham.com
Follow Jack on Twitter @JackLatham

Islaw galeri o waith Jack trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.
Ewch i'w wefan www.jacklatham.com
Dilynwch Jack ar Trydar @JackLatham

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.

FURTHER READING / LINKS FROM THIS CONVERSATION

Iceland video - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/video/picture-perfect-jack-latham-322
A Pink Flamingo - Order the Book
The MiniClick Photo Talks - miniclick.co.uk
A Fine Beginning - Photographer Collective www.afinebeginning.com
Another Escape - http://anotherescape.com/volumes/volume-3
Jane Fulton Alt - The Burn

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Chalkie Davies

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Chalkie Davies

IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES, April 2015

YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG.
CAERDYDD, DE CYMRU, Ebrill 2015

Chalkie Davies, Cardiff 2015. © Rebecca Thomas

TODAY... "THE WORST THING IS THE ABILITY TO TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES"

Making a return to Wales from his home in New York to oversee preparations and the launch of his Retrospective exhibition "Chalkie Davies Photographer: The NME Years" in National Museum Wales (running May 9 to September 6, 2015), Sully-native Chalkie kindly took time out of a hectic schedule for a couple of hours to talk with Ffoton Wales.

Respected for his images of famous pop and rock artists from the 1970's and 80's for publications The NME and The Face, Chalkie created some special distinctive work in a special period of music history - and toured with Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney and Thin Lizzy .

But we mutually chose to spend a couple of fascinating hours talking photography, lighting, Art and mentoring new talent. Enjoy.

Chalkie Davies and Cerys Matthews, 2015. ©Rebecca Thomas

Heddiw... "Y peth gwaetha yw'r gallu i dynnu lot o luniau"

Mae Chalkie Davies wedi dychwelyd o'i gartref yn Efrog Newydd i oruchwylio creu a lansio ei arddangosfa Chalkie Davies: ei stamp ar yr NME. Bydd ei arddangosfa yw gweld yn Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru o Fai'r9fed tan y 6ed o Fedi 2015. Mae gwreiddiau Chalkie yn Sili Penarth a diolch yw haelioni er y cyfnod prysur cafodd Ffoton Cymru/Wales dwy awr o'i gwmni yn ddiweddar.

Y mae parch mawr yw luniau du a gwyn o artistiaid roc a pop y 70'ai a'r 80'ai. Fe ymddangosodd lluniau Chalkie Davies yn yr NME a'r Face yn ystod y cyfnod arbennig hwnnw yn hanes cerddoriaeth. Fe deithiodd gyda'r mawrion Elvis Costello Paul McCartney a Thin Lizzy.

Treilliasom dwy awr ddifyr yn ei gwmni yn trafod ffotograffiaeth, goleuo, celf a mentora talent newydd. Mwynhewch!

Chalkie Davies. 2015 © Rebecca Thomas

Chalkie Davies. On stage at Laugharne Weekend 2015. © Brian Carroll

Gallery images © Chalkie Davies and used on Ffoton with permission of the photographer

All content is Copyright FfotonWales and respective images ©Rebecca Thomas - Sunflower Photography South Wales (on Facebook),
©Brian Carroll and ©Emyr Young. No reuse or publishing without prior permission.

Mae'r cynnwys yn hawlfraint Ffoton Cymru/Wales a'r lluniau yn hawlfraint ©Rebecca Thomas - Sunflower Photography South Wales,
©Brian Carroll ac ©Emyr Young. Ni ellir defnyddio na chyhoeddi lluniau heb ganiatâd.

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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