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 1 of this conversation
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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
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