We take a quick look at the photography scene in and around the Aberystwyth area of West Wales during our trip to the Philip Jones Griffiths exhibition opening.
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Since the summer of 2014 visual artist Matt Wright has been travelling across the country capturing 360° viewpoints of Wales’ unique and varied historical landscapes. From these high-resolution images, the artist has created a number of spherical photographic sculptures that are subsequently installed back at their exact point of capture within the environments they document.
Artist, musician and photographer Ani Saunders is showing her first photography exhibition 'Cardiff to the See' of monochrome images featuring the architecture and streets of Cardiff.
The new Philip Jones Griffiths exhibition at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth is an important event not just for Wales but for the wider photographic world. Ffoton Wales were delighted to attend the opening and speak with the people responsible for bringing it to fruition.
The merger back in 2013 of the University of Glamorgan and University of Wales, Newport to form the new University of South Wales is only now seeing changes made to the Photography courses previously offered by the separate institutions. We spoke with Geraint Cunnick, the Academic Manager for photography at the new University about the future courses in photography that will be offered.