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David Hurn at home in Tintern, Wales. © Brian Carroll
David Hurn, Magnum Photographer. © Brian Carroll
David Hurn, Magnum Photographer. © Brian Carroll
David Hurn is still working, photographing and publishing at the age of 81 years and is regarded as one of Britain's most important reportage photographers.
A self-taught photographer who began his career in 1955 as an assistant at the Reflex Agency, he gained his reputation with his reportage of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. David became an associate member of Magnum Photo in 1965 and a full member in 1967. Here in Wales, he set up the famous School of Documentary Photography in Newport in 1973 where he remained for 17 years.
We met with David following the publication of a new book 'The 1960s: Photographed by David Hurn' published by Reel Art Press which demonstrates the breadth and strength of iconic images that defined the period. This first part of our in-depth conversation covers David's route into photography, individual style and 'Authorship', being a professional photographer, projects he has covered - including the Aberfan tragedy in the South Wales valleys.
Part 2 of this conversation is available here >
Y mae David Hurn yn 81 ac yn cael ei gydnabod fel un o ffotograffwyr reportage pwysicaf Prydain. Mae e'n dal i weithio fel ffotograffydd ac yn dal i gyhoeddi ei waith.
Cychwynnodd ei yrfa yn 1955 fel cynorthwyydd yn asiantaeth Reflex, Fe dyfodd ei enw da wrth dynnu lluniau yn ystod chwyldro Hwngari. Yn 1965 fe'i derbyniwyd fel aelod cysylltiol Magnum ac yn 1967 fel aelod llawn. Yn 1973 sefydlodd ysgol enwog ffotograffiaeth ddogfennol Casnewydd a bu'n gweithio yna am 17 mlynedd.
Fe wnaethon ni gwrdd â David wedi iddo gyhoeddi ei lyfr diweddaraf 'The 1960's Photographed by David Hurn' Reel Art Press. Y mae'r llyfr yn dangos ystod eang o waith eiconig David o'r cyfnod. Y mae rhan gyntaf y sgwrs yn trafod taith David, ei steil, bod yn ffotograffydd, projectau personol gan gynnwys trasiedi Aberfan.
See below for a gallery of a small selection of David's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
A larger selection of David's work can be viewed on the Magnum Photos website.
Islaw galeri o waith David trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.
© David Hurn / Magnum Photo
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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.
Links from this conversation:David Hurn on Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths on Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson on Magnum Photos
Joseph Koudelka on Magnum Photos and his West Bank 'Wall' studies & video on 'This Place'
Ken Russell - 'A House in Bayswater' (video) on YouTube
Lee Friedlander - selected works on MoMA
Garry Winogrand - great video of him in action on YouTube
August Sander - selected portraits on MoMA
Sergio Larrain on Magnum Photos
Weegee (Arthur Fellig) - selected works on MoMA
Elliott Erwitt on Magnum Photos
Ian Berry on Magnum Photos and his own website
Seimon Pugh-Jones. Laugharne 2015. Image © Glyn Shakeshaft
Based in the sleepy town of Laugharne in South West Wales, Seimon Pugh-Jones' passions for photography, Militaria and History have combined at various points in his career.
He has worked for the Ministry of Defence in the UK, stills photographer on documentaries for The History Channel, advise behind the camera on Steven Spielberg's blockbuster Saving Private Ryan and even advise and appear on camera (wielding a camera) in Spielberg's and Tom Hanks' acclaimed American war TV miniseries Band of Brothers.
Seimon in conversation with Emyr Young at The Tin Shed Experience in Laugharne
Seimon playing the part of a war cameraman in the award-winning HBO TV miniseries 'Band of Brothers'
See below for a gallery of a small selection of Seimon's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
He can be contacted via www.tinshedexperience.co.uk - a 1940's themed museum he co-runs in Laugharne. Well worth a visit!
Islaw galeri o waith Seimon trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.
Gallery images © Seimon Pugh-Jones. Podcast images © Brian Carroll & 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.
Rebecca Thomas, Cardiff 2015.
2015 has proven to be a whirlwind of activity and experience for up and coming photographer Rebecca Thomas. Although she's still studying for her photography Degree, Rebecca 'Sunflower Photography' keeps herself immersed in a wide variety of her own photography projects: portraits, shooting bands for Virgin and, more recently, spotted and mentored by renowned 70's Music photographer and Welshman Chalkie Davies.
Ffoton chats with Rebecca on her photography journey so far on a sunny Autumn day by Cardiff's Roath Park Lake. Excuse the ducks and geese!
We're also delighted to help showcase promising new Welsh talent like Rebecca as the fourth and final guest photographer in our month-long exhibition at The Littleman Coffee Co. in Cardiff during October 2015.
You can listen to the Chalkie Davies conversation with Ffoton Wales here >
Rebecca with friend and mentor Chalkie Davies in Cardiff. © Brian Carroll
See below for a gallery of a small selection of Rebecca's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
Visit her website www.rebeccathomas.net
Follow her on Twitter @SunflowerBecca
Islaw galeri o waith Rebecca trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.
Ymweld â'i gwefan www.rebeccathomas.net
Dilynwch hi ar Twitter @SunflowerBecca
Gallery images © Rebecca Thomas. 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.
Looking in from the street at Tilt & Shift, Llanrwst
Dave 'Paddy', Eleri and Emyr in Tilt & Shift, Llanrwst
Tilt & Shift Photography is a photography collaboration between Eleri Griffiths and David Paddy who run their small gallery, workshop and darkroom in the lovely small town of Llanrwst in North Wales.
Spending the majority of her time as a busy commercial freelance photographer, Eleri maintains a varied list of clients in Publishing, Corporate and Television but still looks out for opportunities to practice Documentary photography in her private work.
With previous careers in both Aerospace and University Education, Dave (he prefers being called Paddy) now focusses on Tilt & Shift Gallery and practicing his love of Fine Art Photography.
Y mae Tilt & Shift Photography yn gydweithrediad rhwng Eleri Griffiths a David Paddy sy'n rhedeg galeri, gweithdy ac ystafell dywyll yn nhref Llanrwst.
Y mae Eleri yn treulio rhan fwyaf o'i hamser fel ffotograffydd masnachol yn gweithio ym myd cyhoeddi, masnach a theledu ond yn dal i wneud gwaith dogfennol personol.
Yr oedd Dave (er mae'n well ganddo gael ei alw'n Paddy) yn arfer gweithio yn y diwydiant awyrofod cyn gweithio fel darlithydd ond mae e nawr yn canolbwyntio ar redeg galeri Tilt and Shift ac fel ffotograffydd cain.
Eleri Griffiths GalleryYou can view more of Eleri's work on her own website www.elerigriffithsphotography.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @EleriGriffiths
Gallwch weld mwy o waith Eleri ar ei gwefan www.elerigriffithsphotography.co.uk ai dilyn ar trydar @EleriGriffiths
David Paddy GalleryYou can view more of Dave's work on his personal website www.davepaddyphotography.com
Gallwch weld gwaith Dave ar ei welaan personol www.davepaddyphotography.com
The above galleries are reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of both photographers.
Visit the Tilt & Shift website at www.tiltandshiftphotography.co.uk
And follow them on Twitter @tiltandshiftph1
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.
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 CONVERSATIONIceland 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
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
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.
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
The Dowrog, Pembrokeshire
Image © Chris Tancock
The Dowrog, Pembrokeshire
Image © Chris Tancock
The Dowrog, Pembrokeshire
Image © Chris Tancock
From 'The Quiet Storm' series
Image © Chris Tancock
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 conversationJohn Berger - Understanding a Photograph
Aperture Foundation - video panel discussion on Berger's work and influence
Keith Morris, Aberystwyth. © Brian Carroll
Keith Morris is a commercial photographer living and working in the seaside town of Aberystwyth. His main area of focus is the commercial and news market, deriving a significant amount of income from stock photography. Keith uses his expertise, knowledge and understanding of the market to great effect. By his own admission he does not travel far and works primarily within a 20 mile radius of Aberystwyth and so successful is he at the commercial end of stock, he now runs courses on how to deliver it in an increasingly difficult and competitive area of photography.
His personal work is also geared with the commercial market in mind: he has a long-held passion for working with actors and dancers in theatre and, if the opportunity arises, stills photography for television series are also another source of income. Telling stories is part and parcel of Keith’s raison d'être and he enjoys creating scenarios using actors and models but always with the commercial market in mind. His enthusiasm for his trade is boundless. Sit back and enjoy Keith at his loudest best!
Keith Morris at home in Aberystwyth. © Glyn Shakeshaft
Keith Morris at home in Aberystwyth. © Glyn Shakeshaft
Y mae Keith Morris yn ffotograffydd masnachol sydd yn byw ac yn gweithio yn nhref glan y môr Aberystwyth. Prif ffocws ei waith masnachol yw ffotograffiaeth stoc a newyddion. Mae rhan sylweddol o'i incwm yn dod o'r ddwy ffynhonnell yma. Y mae Keith yn defnyddio ei arbenigedd, a gwybodaeth o'r farchnad mewn modd effeithiol iawn. Nid yw Keith yn teithio yn bell o'i gynefin a cymaint ei arbenigedd o fyd ffotograffiaeth stoc mae e'n rhedeg cyrsiau ar sut i dynnu lluniau mewn byd cystadleuol iawn.
Mae gogwydd masnachol ar ei waith personol ac mae'n gweithio ym myd theatr a dawns ac os bydd cyfle yn codi mae'n hoff o weithio ym myd teledu a ffilm.
Adrodd straeon yw raison d'être Keith ac mae e'n hoff iawn o greu senarios gan ddefnyddio actorion, dawnswyr a modelau ond trwy lygaid masnachol. Mae brwdfrydedd Keith yn ddiben draw. Eisteddwch yn gyffyrddus a gwrandewch ar afiaith y ffotograffydd diddorol yma!
See below for a gallery of a small selection of Keith's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
Visit his website www.artswebwales.com
Follow Keith on Twitter @KeithMorrisAber
Islaw galeri o waith Keith trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.
Ewch i'w wefan www.artswebwales.com
Dilynwch Dan ar Trydar @KeithMorrisAber
Gallery images © Keith Morris. 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.
Dan's roots are in 35mm film. © Brian Carroll
Dan Wood is a documentary photographer living in Bridgend, South Wales. Working exclusively in film, Dan is a member of the Documenting Britain Collective and has produced a wide ranging body of work on different themes but his best known, and probably most controversial, is the ongoing detailed study of his hometown in his 'Suicide Machine' project.
We spoke with Dan on his route into photography, his passion for film and Icelandic folklore.
Y mae Dan Wood yn ffotograffydd dogfennol sydd yn byw ac yn gweithio ym Mhen-y-bont de Cymru ac yn gweithio ar ffilm ac yn aelod o gydweithfa Documenting Britain. Y mae e wedi gweithio ar themâu diddorol a'r mwyaf dadlennol ohonynt 'Suicide Machine' sef astudiaeth fanwl o dref Pen-y-bont.
Cawsom sgwrs gyda Dan ar ei siwrne ffotograffig, ei gariad o ffilm a llen gwerin Gwlad yr Ia.
Dan Wood at home in Bridgend. © Brian Carroll
Dan's current preferred camera is the Mamiya 6 medium format. © Brian Carroll
Special appearance by George the dog
See below for a gallery of a small selection of Dan's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
Visit his website www.danwoodphoto.com
Follow Dan on Twitter @danwoodphoto
Islaw galeri o waith Dan trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.
Ewch i'w wefan www.danwoodphoto.com
Dilynwch Dan ar Trydar @danwoodphoto
Gallery images © Dan Wood. 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.
Rob Hudson in his Mametz Wood setting.
Looking out from Blackmills Wood, the study setting for Rob's Mametz Wood.
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
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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