Ffoton Wales

KEITH MORRIS IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
ABERYSTWYTH, WEST WALES, JUNE 2015

Keith Morris (1958 - 2019)
(released on the Ffoton podcast 31 July 2015)

Keith Morris was a commercial photographer who lived and worked in the seaside town of Aberystwyth.

His main area of focus was the commercial and news market, deriving a significant amount of income from stock photography. Keith used his expertise, knowledge and understanding of the market to great effect. By his own admission, he did not travel far and worked primarily within a 20-mile radius of Aberystwyth and his success in commercial stock photography saw him facilitate courses on how to deliver it in an increasingly difficult and competitive area of photography. His personal work was also geared with the commercial market in mind: he had a long-held passion for working with actors and dancers in theatre and, if the opportunity arose, stills photography for television were also another source of income. Telling stories was part and parcel of Keith’s raison d'être and he enjoyed creating scenarios using actors and models but always with the commercial market in mind.

His enthusiasm for his trade was boundless. Sit back and enjoy Keith at his loudest best!

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DAN WOOD IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
BRIDGEND, SOUTH WALES, FEBRUARY 2015
(released on the Ffoton podcast 26 June 2015)

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.

Visit his website www.danwoodphoto.com
Follow Dan on Twitter @danwoodphoto
More recently, Dan also established and runs his own online photobook store at www.photobookjunkies.com

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ROB HUDSON IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
BRIDGEND, SOUTH WALES, DECEMBER 2014
(released on the Ffoton podcast 31 May 2015)

Rob Hudson is an artist and photographer based in Cardiff and was our first interviewee as part of the Ffoton project.

We interviewed Rob on location at BlackMill wood near Bridgend which 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 One and the battle of Mametz Wood.

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CHALKIE DAVIES IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES, APRIL 2015
(released on the Ffoton podcast 5 May 2015)

"Today... the worst thing is the ability to take lots of pictures." - Chalkie Davies

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.

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MATT BOTWOOD IN CONVERSATION WITH ROB HUDSON.
BRECON, SOUTH WALES, JANUARY 2015
(released on the Ffoton podcast 1 May 2015)

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

Visit his website www.mattbotwood.com
Follow him on Twitter @mattbotwood

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JON POUNTNEY IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES, DECEMBER 2014
(released on the Ffoton podcast 1 April 2015)

Commercial and Documentary photographer Jon Pountney is based in South Wales.
With a passion for photography and image culture from the 1970's and 80's, Jon has had the pleasure of rediscovering lost historical images from both Cardiff and the South Wales Valleys that almost mirror his own style of image-making. We spoke to Jon in the late stages of production of his documentary on Valleys photography shown on BBC2 Wales in late March 2015. As ever, Jon was open and frank about his passion for photography in and of Wales.

Visit his website www.jonpountney.co.uk

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KEITH DAVIES IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLL & EMYR YOUNG.
CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES, JANUARY 2015
(released on the Ffoton podcast 1 March 2015)

Keith Davies is a Cardiff-based commercial and advertising photographer.
He studied photography in college then moved to London and worked as an assistant with many talented commercial photographers before changing course and following a course in design and art direction. His love for photography never left him and he returned to the medium with the advent of digital.

We spoke to Keith in his new studio and discussed the challenges and opportunities in a commercial photographic studio and his views on the skills required to be successful.

Visit his website www.keith-davies.co.uk
Follow him on Twitter @keith_davies

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TIM COLLIER IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
LLANTRISANT, SOUTH WALES, JANUARY 2015
(released on the Ffoton podcast 9 February 2015)

Light, solitude and landscape are the amalgam that make Tim Collier tick as a photographer.
His ability to see is second to none and his work on the landscape of Wales is stunning and extensive. Nature has always played an important part in Tim's photography and bird photography has dominated his recent output. His understanding of birds is reflected in his sublime, remarkable and beautiful photographs.

Tim is a superb practitioner in many aspects of photography and Ffoton is proud to announce him as our first featured photographer.
Visit his website www.timcollierphotography.com
Follow him on Twitter @timcollier58

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