Ian Macdonald’s work is characterised by a deep affection for the people and the landscape of his native Teesside. While his subjects may, on the surface, seem ‘unattractive’ (industrial plants and processes; workplaces; desolate salt marshes), he brings a lyricism to his work that does not soften the edge of what he has to represent […]
Category: Establishing Practice
Afon Lwyd
Over the next week or two, I plan to travel along and photograph part of the Afon Lwyd Valley in South Wales, between the towns of Abersychan and Blaenavon. The word ‘travel’ is deliberate as my purpose is to capture a sense of the place, people and culture of the area, as a travel photographer […]
Crumlin Redux
The previous blog was written as the basis of a classroom presentation to my fellow MA students at the University of Gloucestershire. In the discussion that followed, I was asked why had I chosen to present the images in black and white; more specifically, why had I chosen to present photographs of people in this […]
Crumlin
These photographs were taken as part of a festival put on by Glofa Crumlin Cyf in September 2017. Glofa is a charity that works to preserve and restore the Crumlin Navigation Colliery, situated in the Ebbw Valley, South Wales. This post was the basis of a presentation made of ‘current work’ for the “Establishing Practice’ module of the MA in Photography at the University of Gloucestershire.
