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

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

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

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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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

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.

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

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.