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Here’s a great opportunity to win a copy of the rare ‘Once Upon a Time in Wales’ photobook by Robert Haines. One lucky new Subscriber+ supporter will be announced on 1st June.

For thirty-five years this extraordinary collection of photographs remained hidden from the world. Taken around 1971-1972, by young photographer Robert Haines, they record life in the Welsh valleys, in the village of Heolgerrig and nearby Merthyr Tydfil. Heolgerrig was a very close-knit community with Welsh the first language. It was a mining community where most of the men worked underground and life seemed to revolve around the pub and the chapel. Merthyr Tydfil, once the "Iron Capital" of the world, had a justifiable reputation as "tough" with characters such as hard man Melvin Webber, who died after being blasted by a shotgun, and "Mad" Malcolm, for whom no chemical substance was too strong. - Dewi Lewis Publishing

You can listen to Robert Haines discuss the project and his career in a conversation on www.ffoton.wales

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The live discussion held on 25th May with four North Wales-based photographers who feature in the opening section of the latest issue #008 of Offline Journal is now available to listen to online!

Mark Moran, Geoff Wedge, Emyr Payne and Neil Johansson - all actively making photographs along the A55 in North Wales - spoke with Offline Journal editor Brian Carroll on making work in North Wales today.

This audio-only session was delivered using the Callin application which is blazing a trail in ‘social podcasting’ - allowing listeners to be participants in live audio conversations. Listen to the conversation here >

Callin is free and really easy to use - a bit like a big group telephone chat but better. You can listen to this and future Offline discussions on the App or streamed live on the Offline Journal ‘show’ page on the Callin website - however, you can only participate in discussions by using the App.

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