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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

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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

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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

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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.
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Lucy Jane Purrington

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Lucy Jane Purrington

Lucy Jane Purrington IN CONVERSATION WITH Paul Cabuts
Pontypridd, June 2019

Lucy Jane Purrington YN SGWRSIO GYDAG Paul Cabuts
Pontypridd, Mehefin 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

Lucy Jane Purrington is a Rhondda-based Artist whose photographic work most often takes on a surreal quality. Her ongoing self-portrait project focusses on themes of identity and mental health whilst at the same time exploring photography as a means of visual storytelling.
Her work has been published in numerous magazines.

Ffoton are delighted to feature Lucy and her work and are grateful to both Lucy and Paul Cabuts for recording this conversation.

See below for a small selection of Lucy'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 Lucy's work on her website www.lucypurrington.com
Follow her work on Instagram @ljpurrington_art

Gallery images © Lucy Jane Purrington and used with permission of the photographer.
Podcast banner images © Brian Carroll

Topics covered in the conversation:
Barbara Kruger - www.barbarakruger.com
Sherman Theatre - www.shermantheatre.co.uk
John Cage - In a Landscape (via Spotify)
Ian Walker - City Gorged with Dreams: Surrealism and Documentary Photography in Interwar Paris (Amazon)

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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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Alex Boyd : Part 2

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Alex Boyd : Part 2

ALEX BOYD IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG
SCOTLAND / WALES, MAY 2018

ALEX BOYD YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
YR ALBAN / CYMRU, MAI 2018

Alex Boyd. Portrait © Laurence Winram

Alex Boyd. Portrait © Laurence Winram

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Alex Boyd is a Scottish photographer with a deep passion for exploring Scottish identity in his raw but beautiful conceptual and figurative landscape photography.

Having admired Alex's for some time, Ffoton were pleased to sit down for a long and fascinating discussion on his photography career, landscape and wider work portfolio to date. This second part of our conversation explores the work in his new book: 'St Kilda: The Silent Islands' published in April 2018 and Alex's preparation for his next big project.

Second of 2 parts. Listen to Part 1

Y mae Alex Boyd yn ffotograffydd o'r Alban a'i fryd ar archwilio ei hunaniaeth ffotograffig Albanaidd trwy ei luniau cignoeth cysyniadol a ffigurol o'r tirlun.

Y mae ffoton wedi edmygu ei waith ers tipyn a da oedd cael cyfle i drafod ei yrfa ffotograffig cyn cyhoeddi ei lyfr newydd am ynys St. Kilda. Cyhoeddwyd y llyfr: The Silent Islands' yn Ebrill 2018. Y mae ail ran y sgwrs yn trafod y gwaith ar ei lyfr newydd: St Kilda: The Silent Islands' a gyhoeddwyd yn Ebrill 2018. Yr ydym hefyd yn trafod ei brosiect newydd a heriol.

Yr 2ail o ddau ran / Gwrandewch ar ran 1

See below for a small selection of Alex'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 Alex's work on his website www.alexboydphotography.com
Follow him on Twitter @AlexBoyd and on Instagram @mralexboyd

Gallery images © Alex Boyd and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner portrait © Pjotr Burlakov

Further reading from this conversation:
Takeshi Shikama: www.shikamaphoto.com
Jason Hicklin: www.jasonhicklin.com
Kyūya Fukada: 'One Hundred Mountains of Japan'

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Alex Boyd : Part 1

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Alex Boyd : Part 1

ALEX BOYD IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG
SCOTLAND / WALES, MAY 2018

ALEX BOYD YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
YR ALBAN / CYMRU, MAI 2018

Alex Boyd in the field. Photograph © Pjotr Burlakov

Alex Boyd in the field. Photograph © Pjotr Burlakov

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Alex Boyd is a Scottish photographer with a deep passion for exploring Scottish identity in his raw but beautiful conceptual and figurative landscape photography.

Having admired Alex's work for some time, Ffoton were pleased to sit down for a relaxed and fascinating discussion on his photography career, landscape and wider work portfolio to date around the time of publication of his new book: 'St Kilda: The Silent Islands' published in April 2018.

Part 1 of 2

Y mae Alex Boyd yn ffotograffydd o'r Alban a'i fryd ar archwilio ei hunaniaeth ffotograffig Albanaidd trwy ei luniau cignoeth cysyniadol a ffigurol o'r tirlun.

Y mae ffoton wedi edmygu ei waith ers tipyn a da oedd cael cyfle i drafod ei yrfa ffotograffig cyn cyhoeddi ei lyfr newydd am ynys St. Kilda. Cyhoeddwyd y llyfr: The Silent Islands' yn Ebrill 2018.

Rhan 1 o 2

See below for a small selection of Alex'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 Alex's work on his website www.alexboydphotography.com
Follow him on Twitter @AlexBoyd and on Instagram @mralexboyd

Gallery images © Alex Boyd and used with permission of the photographer.
Banner portrait © Laurence Winram

Further reading from this conversation:
Takeshi Shikama: www.shikamaphoto.com
Jason Hicklin: www.jasonhicklin.com
Kyūya Fukada: 'One Hundred Mountains of Japan'

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David Wilson

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David Wilson

DAVID WILSON IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
PEMBROKESHIRE, OCTOBER 2017

DAVID WILSON YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
SIR BENFRO, Hydref 2017

Photographer David Wilson and Ed Thomas, co-creator of Hinterland at the 2018 Cardiff Book Festival. © Brian Carroll

The Hinterland book with photography by David Wilson and Warren Orchard. Published by Graffeg in Wales

“Because of my own personal experiences I do get drawn towards images which perhaps have a darker heart to them.”
— David Wilson

David Wilson is a self-taught landscape photographer based in Pembrokeshire who moved to photography full-time in 2008 after a lifetime love of photography and a desire to leave his day job as a civil servant.

David has worked commercially in recent years with Fine Art print sales and his landscape work being published in a number of books in collaboration with Welsh publisher Graffeg - including the more recent 'Hinterland' with input from the producers of the successful S4C TV crime drama.

“Oherwydd digwyddiadau personol rwy’n cael fy nhynnu tuag at luniau sydd hwyrach a chalon du yn perthyn iddyn nhw.”
— David Wilson

Y mae David Wilson yn ffotograffydd tirlun a ddysgodd y grefft ar ei liwt ei hun ac mae'n byw yn Sir Benfro. Cychwynnodd ar ei yrfa ffotograffig yn 2008 ar ôl gadael ei waith fel gwas sifil er roedd ganddo gariad tuag at ffotograffiaeth ar hyd ei oes.

Y mae David yn gweithio fel ffotograffydd masnachol yn gwerthu lluniau celf gain yn ogystal â chyhoeddi nifer o lyfrau mewn cydweithrediad a'r cyhoeddwr Graffeg. Y mae ei lyfr diweddaraf Hinterland wedi ei gyhoeddi mewn cydweithrediad gyda chynhyrchwyr y gyfres lwyddiannus ar S4C.

See below for a small selection of David'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 David's work on his website www.davidwilsonphotography.co.uk
Follow him on Twitter @d_wilson_photo on Instagram @david_wilson_photo

Gallery images © David Wilson. Used with permission of the photographer.
Podcast images © Brian Carroll.

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Al Brydon

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Al Brydon

AL BRYDON IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
BRIDGEND, SOUTH WALES, JULY 2016

AL BRYDON YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
PEN-Y-BONT, DE CYMRU, GORFFENNAF 2016

Al Brydon talking with us during a summer visit to Wales in 2016

Al Brydon talking with us during a summer visit to Wales in 2016

Al Brydon is a talented (and deceptively unassuming) photographer based in the North of England.

His deeply personal interpretation of the Landscape where he was brought up continues to produce images of scarred and often abandoned locations with a long history. Al also experiments with multiple and long exposures - including his ongoing and unique Solargraph series.

Al is one of the founding members of the Inside the Outside Landscape Collective and has recently published his stunning image collection of 'Based on a False Story' with Another Place Press.

Y mae Al Brydon yn ffotograffydd talentog diymhongar ac yn frodor o ogledd Lloegr. Y mae'n dehongli'r tirlun, ei filltir sgwâr mewn modd personol iawn. Y mae'r delweddau o dirlun creithiog, angof a hanesyddol. Yn ogystal â'r confensiynol mae Al yn arbrofi gyda ffotograffiaeth gyfansawdd a solargraffs unigryw.

Y mae e yn un o sylfaenwyr cydweithfa Inside the Outside ac mae e newydd gyhoeddi llyfr o luniau rhagorol 'Based on a False Story' wedi ei gyhoeddi gan Another Place Press

See below for a small selection of Al'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 Al's work on his website www.al-brydon.com
Follow him on Twitter @AlBrydonPhoto 
And on Instagram @al_brydon

Gallery images © Al Brydon. Used with permission of the photographer. Podcast images © Brian Carroll.
Main Collodion portrait image (right) © and kindly provided by Alastair Cook who we also spoke with.

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Mike Jackson : Part 2

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Mike Jackson : Part 2

Mike Jackson IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
PEMBROKESHIRE, DECEMBER 2015

Mike Jackson YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
SIR BENFRO, RHAGFYR 2015

Michael Jackson is a Visual Artist and talented analogue photographer based in Pembrokeshire in West Wales. Perhaps best known for his beach studies on Poppit Sands, he also enjoys experimenting with light and atmosphere on analogue film away from the landscape genre - including directly onto photographic paper in the darkroom through his continuing series of Luminograms.

Mike's work is popular amongst collectors and he has exhibited both here in Wales and Internationally. In this second and final part of our conversation with Mike we cover training in photography and dealing with Galleries to have work exhibited.

Listen to Part 1 of our conversation with Mike here >

Y mae Michael Jackson yn artist gweledol ac yn ffotograffydd analog sy'n byw yn Sir Benfro yng Ngorllewin Cymru. Mae e'n adnabyddus am ei gywaith o draeth Poppit. Y mae'n mwynhau arbrofi trwy ddefnyddio golau a ffilm ac yn ddiweddar bu'n creu Luminograms ar bapur ffotograffig yn yr ystafell dywyll.

Y mae gwaith Mike yn boblogaidd ymysg casglwyr ac mae e wedi arddangos ei waith yng Nghymru ac yn rhyngwladol.

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

View more of Mike's work on his website www.mgjackson.co.uk
Follow him on Twitter @MikeGJackson and on Instagram @mgjackson01

Gallery images © Michael Jackson. Used with permission of the photographer. Podcast images © Brian Carroll

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Mike Jackson : Part 1

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Mike Jackson : Part 1

Mike Jackson IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
PEMBROKESHIRE, DECEMBER 2015

Mike Jackson YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
SIR BENFRO, RHAGFYR 2015

Mike Jackson, Pembrokeshire. Image © Brian Carroll

“I no longer believe that, for me, projects are important - as I feel that all work blends into each other. Ideas rise from ideas.”
— Mike Jackson

Michael Jackson is a Visual Artist and talented analogue photographer based in Pembrokeshire in West Wales. Perhaps best known for his beach studies on Poppit Sands, he also enjoys experimenting with light and atmosphere on analogue film away from the landscape genre - including directly onto photographic paper in the darkroom through his continuing series of Luminograms.

Mike's work is popular amongst collectors and he has exhibited both here in Wales and Internationally.

This is the first of two parts. Listen to Part 2 here >

“Bellach nid wyf yn credu bod prosiectau yn bwysig imi - y mae’r gwaith i gyd yn toddi yn un. Mae syniadau yn codi o’r syniadau”
— Mike Jackson

Y mae Michael Jackson yn artist gweledol ac yn ffotograffydd analog sy'n byw yn Sir Benfro yng Ngorllewin Cymru. Mae e'n adnabyddus am ei gywaith o draeth Poppit. Y mae'n mwynhau arbrofi trwy ddefnyddio golau a ffilm ac yn ddiweddar bu'n creu Luminograms ar bapur ffotograffig yn yr ystafell dywyll.

Y mae gwaith Mike yn boblogaidd ymysg casglwyr ac mae e wedi arddangos ei waith yng Nghymru ac yn rhyngwladol.

Dyma ran 1af ei sgwrs. Yr 2ail fan hyn >

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

View more of Mike's work on his website www.mgjackson.co.uk
Follow him on Twitter @MikeGJackson and on Instagram @mgjackson01

Gallery images © Michael Jackson. Used with permission of the photographer. Podcast images © Brian Carroll

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Chris Tancock : Part 2

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Chris Tancock : Part 2

CHRIS TANCOCK IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
PEMBROKESHIRE, JUNE 2015

CHRIS TANCOCK YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
SIR BENFRO, MEHEFIN 2015

Chris Tancock at home in Pembrokeshire. Image © Brian Carroll

This is the second and final part of our conversation with Chris. You can still listen to part one.

"I'm a black and white photographer", says Chris Tancock. Based near the beautiful small City of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, Chris currently works within a five mile radius of his small family cottage which also hosts a gallery with a selection of his work. Popular with collectors and respected by Landscape photographers, the scenes he captures are near-timeless and far more nuanced with the inclusion of workers of the land and details of flora and fauna.

Chris earns his living from his photography: limited edition prints and hand-crafted collectors Folios of his work are available via his website. His intense passion and commitment to his projects is evident from this Ffoton Wales recorded conversation - so much so that we lost track of time and immersed ourselves in a fascinating discussion requiring two parts! We challenge anyone listening to both parts to not reflect on their own approach to their photography projects and series' of images.

You can listen to Part 1 of our conversation with Chris here >

We can also recommend an earlier interview with Chris from 2011 by Rob Hudson on the On Landscape website.

See below for a gallery of a small selection of Chris's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
Visit his website www.christancock.com
Follow Chris on Twitter @tancockchris

Islaw galeri o waith Chris trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.
Ewch i'w wefan www.christancock.com
Dilynwch Chris ar Trydar @tancockchris

Gallery images © Chris Tancock. Podcast images © Brian Carroll

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Chris Tancock : Part 1

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Chris Tancock : Part 1

CHRIS TANCOCK IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
PEMBROKESHIRE, JUNE 2015

CHRIS TANCOCK YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
SIR BENFRO, MEHEFIN 2015

Chris Tancock, Pembrokeshire. Image © Brian Carroll

"I'm a black and white photographer", says Chris Tancock. Based near the beautiful small City of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, Chris currently works within a five mile radius of his small family cottage which also hosts a gallery with a selection of his work. Popular with collectors and respected by Landscape photographers, the scenes he captures are near-timeless and far more nuanced with the inclusion of workers of the land and details of flora and fauna.

Chris earns his living from his photography: limited edition prints and hand-crafted collectors Folios of his work are available via his website. His intense passion and commitment to his projects is evident from this Ffoton Wales recorded conversation - so much so that we lost track of time and immersed ourselves in a fascinating discussion requiring two parts! We challenge anyone listening to both parts to not reflect on their own approach to their photography projects and series' of images.

You can listen to Part 2 of this conversation with Chris here >

We can also recommend an earlier interview with Chris from 2011 by Rob Hudson on the On Landscape website.

Emyr Young with Chris Tancock. Image © Brian Carroll

Rose Cottage, gallery and home. Pembrokeshire. Image © Glyn Shakeshaft

The view out to Chris's image hunting ground.

See below for a gallery of a small selection of Chris's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
Visit his website www.christancock.com
Follow Chris on Twitter @tancockchris

Islaw galeri o waith Chris trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.
Ewch i'w wefan www.christancock.com
Dilynwch Chris ar Trydar @tancockchris

Gallery images © Chris Tancock. Podcast images © Brian Carroll and Glyn Shakeshaft

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

John Berger - Understanding a Photograph
Aperture Foundation - video panel discussion on Berger's work and influence

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Rob Hudson

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Rob Hudson

In conversation with Emyr Young.
BRIDGEND, South Wales, December 2014

YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
Ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr, DE CYMRU, Rhagfyr 2014

Rob Hudson in his Mametz Wood setting.

Rob Hudson in his Mametz Wood setting.

Looking out from Blackmills Wood, the study setting for Rob's Mametz Wood.

Looking out from Blackmills Wood, the study setting for Rob's Mametz Wood.

Rob Hudson and Emyr Young.

Rob Hudson and Emyr Young.

Rob Hudson is a photographer based in Cardiff and was our first interviewee as part of the Ffoton project. We interviewed him on location at BlackMill wood near Bridgend that inspired his enigmatic and poetical work on Mametz Wood: a battle where so many Welsh Soldiers perished during WW1.

It took Rob about 18 months to complete the project and he drew inspiration not only from the wood but from David Jones' 'In Parenthesis' an epic poem about the poet's recollections of World War 1 and the battle of Mametz Wood.

Y mae Rob Hudson yn ffotograffydd sydd yn byw ac yn gweithio yng Nghaerdydd. Rob oedd ein cyfweliad cyntaf a'r unig ffotograffyd inni gyfweld ar leoliad mewn coedwig ger Penybont. Dyma'r lle wnaeth ysbrydoli ei waith enigmatig a barddonol ei naws, 'Coedwig Mametz'. Y mae'r gwaith yn ingol ei naws ac yn ymgais i gyfleu'r frwydr lle lladdwyd cynifer o Gymry yn ystod y rhyfel byd cyntaf.

Bu Rob yn creu'r gwaith ym a dros gyfnod o ddeunaw mis ac fe dynnodd ysbrydoliaeth nid yn unig o goedwig Melin Du Penybont ond o waith David Jones' 'In Parenthesis' sef hanes y rhyfel a brwydr Mametz Wood trwy lygad bardd.

See below for a gallery of a small selection of Rob's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
Visit Rob's Mametz Wood site www.mametzwood.org and his own website www.robhudsonland.co.uk
Follow him on Twitter @RobHudsonPhoto

Gallery images © Rob Hudson. Podcast images © Brian Carroll

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Matt Botwood

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Matt Botwood

IN CONVERSATION WITH rob hudson.
Brecon, SOUTH WALES, January 2015

yn sgwrsio gyda Rob Hudson.
Aberhonddu de Cymru, Ionawr 2015

Matt Botwood is a professional landscape photographer based in a remote part of the Brecon Beacons.

As someone who scouts and works daily in the landscape where he has based his family home, Matt can justifiably be referred to as a true 'Landscape Photographer's Photographer' and has been recognised by his peers as such in the 2014 Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards.

Ffoton asked photographer Rob Hudson to join us on our trip to Matt's home in early January 2015 and the resulting conversation between the two is fascinating listening for anyone interested in intensive project-based landscape and woodland photography.

The view from Matt's front door in the heart of the Brecon Beacons, Wales

The view from Matt's front door in the heart of the Brecon Beacons, Wales

Matt Botwood & Rob Hudson in conversation at Matt's home in the Brecon Beacons, January 2015

Matt Botwood & Rob Hudson in conversation at Matt's home in the Brecon Beacons, January 2015

Mae Matt Botwood yn ffotograffydd tirlun proffesiynol sy'n byw ym mherfedd Bannau Brycheiniog.

Mae e'n gweithio yn ddyddiol yn y tirlun ac yn byw ei gelfyddyd. Fe gafodd gydnabyddiaeth o'i dalent yng nghystadleuaeth Landscape Photographer of the Year 2014

Gofynnodd Ffoton i'r ffotograffydd Rob Hudson i ymuno a ni ar daith i dy Matt yn gynnar ym mis Ionawr 2015. Y mae'r sgwrs cafodd y ddau yn ddiddorol iawn i unrhyw un sydd â diddordeb mewn prosiectau ffotograffig tirlun/coedwig hir dymor.

Rob Hudson & Matt Botwood, January 2015

Rob Hudson & Matt Botwood, January 2015

See below for a gallery of a small selection of Matt's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
Visit his website www.mattbotwood.com
Follow him on Twitter @mattbotwood
And on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/brecon.beacons.photography

Photographer Matt Botwood in the Brecon landscape where he lives and works. January 2015

Gallery images © Matt Botwood. Podcast images © Brian Carroll

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