This issue of the Newsletter is a bit shorter but also a two-parter…
A family gathering prevented me attending yesterday’s Instagram: A Symposium event at National Museum Cardiff which was a shame as I’d hoped to have made it along to listen to the various speaker presentations and discussions.
However, it reminded me I had a lovely little IG appetiser in the form of an audio clip recording (above) of the very talented Dafydd Jones describing how he came to adopt Instagram as a primary Social Media feed and the way he currently exploits it to promote his work.
I highly recommend taking a look at Dafydd’s Instagram account to explore and enjoy the variety of material he shares. What I find fascinating is the creative way he’s providing a glimpse into the extensive work in his archive - photographs, tear-sheets, work prints, test strips in darkroom printing. And it’s this latter aspect of Dafydd’s process - his analogue prints - that really blew me away when he showed me a selection included in one of his exhibition boxes. The care and expertise in his printing only elevates the already wonderful photographs he’s taken through his career.
You can listen to Dafydd’s full conversation with guest interviewer Martin Parr over on the Ffoton website for the very interesting story of his career and how analogue prints from his archive are still contributing to his earnings today.
And if you’d like to meet Dafydd or discuss his work, he’s one of the guest speakers at this year’s EYE Festival 2020 9-11 October in Aberystwyth.
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#3 - Instagram - a quickie