THE VALLEYS: REFLECTIONS
Following two years of planning, THE VALLEYS—a major exhibition celebrating the visual arts in and of the South Wales Valleys—opened in National Museum Cardiff on 25 May 2024.
Amongst the many artworks on show in several gallery spaces were an impressive number of photographs spanning many decades, and made by photographers from Wales and others visiting Wales from around the world.
Shortly after the exhibition opened, Offline Journal approached several of the living photographers and invited them to record a short audio piece reflecting on one of their photographs included in the exhibition that, collectively, would form an audio-visual catalog of their contribution after the event. I’d like to thank the photographers who responded by recording their own image story and supplying the photograph to accompany their audio.
1. WALTER WAYGOOD - ‘DOWLAIS GIRLS’
2. DAVID BARNES - ‘BOY AND SWAN’
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3. ROGER TILEY - ‘GLYNIS AND MARY’
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4. KEN GRANT - ‘BLAENAVON HORSES’
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5. HUW ALDEN DAVIES - ‘PRINCE’
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6. PAUL CABUTS - ‘Central Street’
7. KJELL-ÅKE ANDERSSON - 'Les Hughes'
8. JAMES MILNE - 'COAL BUNKER'
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9. PAUL REAS - 'Clocking-in on a Monday morning’
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10. DAVID HURN - ‘Paul Morgan’
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All images and audio are copyright © and reproduced here with permission of the respective photographers.
THE VALLEYS
Various art and photography exhibits
25 May 2024 - 5 January 2025 (extended)
Museum Cardiff, Cardiff
The exhibition page on Museum Wales website
Panel Discussion on the exhibition - 28 November 2024
Recorded by Brian Carroll for Ffoton Wales YouTube channel