Ffoton Wales

DAFYDD JONES IN CONVERSATION WITH MARTIN PARR BRISTOL, JANUARY 2019 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 February 2019) Ffoton is delighted to present a conversation with the very talented and highly respected social and society photographer Dafydd Jones talking to our guest interviewer Martin Parr. Having studied Fine Art before moving to photography, Dafydd’s professional career has spanned over fo...

BRIAN DAVID STEVENS IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG CARDIFF, SEPTEMBER 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 October 2018) Ffoton talks with professional photographer Brian David Stevens about his career and many projects. Brian is based in London but his parents hail from the Welsh valleys where they still reside. Covering many personal projects in his career, Brian spends long periods of time p...

HOMER SYKES IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG LONDON, JULY 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 8 August 2018) Part 2 of 2 With a lifetime interest in photography, Homer Sykes made his professional start as a UK photojournalist in the 1970's. But rather than be a Lemming chasing current news stories, Homer chose to leave photojournalism and document the traditional festivals, events and customs acro...

HOMER SYKES IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG LONDON, JULY 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 August 2018) Part 1 of 2 With a lifetime interest in photography, Homer Sykes made his professional start as a UK photojournalist in the 1970's. But rather than be a Lemming chasing current news stories, Homer chose to leave photojournalism and document the traditional festivals, events and customs acro...

SKIN PHILLIPS IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG & DAN WOOD SWANSEA, JUNE 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 July 2018) Hailing from Swansea and regarded as a legend in world skateboard photography, Skin Phillips has a career in the sport spanning over 30 years. He’s worked as a photographer and had his images featured in some of the world's leading skate magazines, been editor-in-chief of Tr...

ALEX BOYD IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG SCOTLAND / WALES, MAY 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 8 June 2018) Part 2 of 2 Alex Boyd is a Scottish photographer with a deep passion for exploring Scottish identity in his raw but beautiful conceptual and figurative landscape photography. Having admired Alex's for some time, Ffoton were pleased to sit down for a long and fascinating discussion on h...

ALEX BOYD IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG SCOTLAND / WALES, MAY 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 June 2018) Part 1 of 2 Alex Boyd is a Scottish photographer with a deep passion for exploring Scottish identity in his raw but beautiful conceptual and figurative landscape photography. Having admired Alex's work for some time, Ffoton were pleased to sit down for a relaxed and fascinating discuss...

PAUL CABUTS IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES, MARCH 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 May 2018) Ffoton had the pleasure of talking with Welsh photographer, educator and, from 2017 the Honorary Research Fellow at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, Paul Cabuts. With a long career in photography education in Wales and having returned after two years as Director of the I...

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BROWN IN CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD SAMBROOK BRISTOL, FEBRUARY 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 April 2018) Michael Christopher Brown is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer who immersed himself in travel and covering foreign assignments - including major conflict zones - professionally from 2006. He has been a contributing photographer at National Geog...

BERNARD MITCHELL IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG SWANSEA, JANUARY 2018 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 March 2018) After studying photography at Berkshire College of Art in the mid 1960's, Bernard Mitchell began his long career as a photojournalist working for Thomson Regional Newspapers. He returned to Swansea many years later and in 2003 studied for a Masters degree in photography at Swansea M...

JOHN BULMER IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLL CARDIFF, OCTOBER 2017 (released on the Ffoton podcast 2 February 2018) Ffoton talks with respected UK photojournalist and pioneer of colour in the UK Sunday Supplement magazines, John Bulmer. We discuss John's career, work documenting the streets of the UK and war zones around the world - and his long friendship with some of the UK's leading photograp...

DAVID WILSON IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG PEMBROKESHIRE, OCTOBER 2017 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 November 2017) “Because of my own personal experiences I do get drawn towards images which perhaps have a darker heart to them.” - David Wilson David Wilson is a self-taught landscape photographer based in Pembrokeshire who moved to photography full-time in 2008 after a lifetime love of photo...

SIMON RIDGWAY IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG Cardiff, August 2017 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 October, 2017) Having dropped plans for a career in Engineering and instead making a start in the rough and tumble of photojournalism, self-taught photographer Simon Ridgway now specialises in the exciting genre of Unit Stills photography in Television and Movies. His work for the BBC and it's succ...

SIMON REGAN IN CONVERSATION WITH GLENN EDWARDS CARDIFF, AUGUST 2017 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 September 2017) Simon Regan is a Cardiff-based advertising photographer with over twenty five years experience in stills and, more recently, professional video production for a wide range of commercial clients. We sat down with Simon alongside friend and fellow photographer Glenn Edwards to discus...

HARRY BORDEN IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG CARDIFF, MAY 2017 (released on the Ffoton podcast 2 August 2017) London-based portrait photographer Harry Borden has captured many celebrities during his career - including Robin Williams, Ewan McGregor, Jamie Oliver, Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher. Ffoton were delighted to bring Harry to Wales to give a guest talk in May 2017 and also welcomed the op...

DANIEL MEADOWS IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG MONMOUTHSHIRE, MAY 2017 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 July 2017) “I am a Documentarist. I have spent a lifetime recording British society, challenging the status quo by working in a collaborative way to capture extraordinary aspects of ordinary life, principally through photography but also with audio recordings and short movies.” — Daniel Meadows...

CLAIRE THOMAS IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG CARMARTHENSHIRE, APRIL 2017 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 June 2017) Claire Thomas is a photojournalist hailing from Carmarthenshire but now travelling the world capturing images that document human rights issues and conflict zones. Self-taught, Claire's photography has been featured in numerous publications including National Geographic Magazine,...

CHUCK RAPOPORT IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG MERTHYR TYDFIL, SOUTH WALES, SEPTEMBER 2016 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 May 2017) American I.C. (Chuck) Rapport had a successful career as a professional photojournalist working for many notable publications known for their outstanding photo essays, such as Life Magazine, Paris Match, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated and more. Whilst best known...

JILL FURMANOVSKY IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG ABERYSTWYTH, CEREDIGION, OCTOBER 2016 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 April 2017) Jill Furmanovsky has been a professional photographer since 1972. She is best known for her images of rock bands and in 1972 she became the official photographer for London’s premiere rock venue The Rainbow Theatre. She has photographed all the big names in rock from...

SIÂN TRENBERTH IN CONVERSATION WITH GLENN EDWARDS CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES, AUGUST 2016 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 March 2017) Siân Trenberth is one of the most respected people photographers in Wales. Based in Cardiff, she photographs performers, creatives, families and business people in a classic, natural and atmospheric style. As a dance photographer she takes photographs for professional c...

RHODRI JONES IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG ABERYSTWYTH, CEREDIGION, OCTOBER 2016 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 February 2017) Ffoton talks with respected documentary photographer Rhodri Jones. Born in Gwynedd, Wales, Jones has been based near Bologna, Italy since 2000. He has worked as a professional photographer on both personal and commissioned projects around the globe since 1989 and has...

AL BRYDON IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG BRIDGEND, SOUTH WALES, JULY 2016 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 January 2017) Al Brydon is a talented (and deceptively unassuming) photographer based in the North of England. His deeply personal interpretation of the Landscape where he was brought up continues to produce images of scarred and often abandoned locations with a long history. Al also experi...

PETER JONES IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG ABERYSTWYTH, CEREDIGION. AUGUST 2016 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 December, 2016) PETER JONES 1947-2017 “I’m just a hick from the sticks” - Peter Jones After studying at Manchester College of Art and Design in the late 1960's, Peter Jones moved into photography as first assistant to London Advertising photographer John Thornton. But the quieter life...

ROBERT HAINES IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLL HEOLGERRIG, SOUTH WALES, AUGUST 2016 (released on the Ffoton podcast 1 November 2016) Hailing from the small mining village of Heolgerrig near Merthyr Tydfil, Robert Haines is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer. He is best known for his 1970's project 'Once Upon a Time in Wales' which hid away in a box for 35 years and its 2014 follow-up 'T...

GLENN EDWARDS IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES, JULY 2016 (released on the Ffoton podcast 30 September 2016) Glenn Edwards is an accomplished and published photojournalist based in Cardiff with clients across the UK and Internationally and a former UK Press Photographer of the Year. Having studied under David Hurn on the original prestigious Newport photography course, Glenn ha...