Rhodri Jones (photographer)

Rhodri Jones is a Welsh documentary photographer based in Bologna, Italy. He has exhibited widely and has published several volumes of photography. His work has been carried by the Panos Pictures photographic agency since 1992.[1]

Biography

Jones was born in Tregarth, Gwynedd, North Wales.[2] His mother is from Luxembourg, his father is Welsh, so he grew up influenced by three languages; English, Welsh and German.[3]

Since 1989 he has travelled widely, producing images from locations such as China, Albania and Wales.[4] He has produced several volumes of personal work as well as commissioned work. He was described by fellow Welsh born photojournalist, Philip Jones Griffiths as "a Welsh poet with a camera"[5]

Publications

• Albania. An Oxfam Country Profile. Oxfam, 2000. ISBN 0855984325. Text by Neil Olsen.[n 1]
• Made in China. Modena: Logos Art, 2002. ISBN 9788879401746. Texts by Philip Jones Griffiths and Hong Ying.[6]
• Return/Yn ôl. Bridgend, Wales: Seren, 2006. ISBN 1854114190. Foreword by Gwyneth Lewis.[n 2]
• Hinterland. Italy: L’artiere edizionitalia, 2010. ISBN 9788887569407. With a transcript of a conversation between Jones and Gianni Celati.[n 3]
• Scambi ferroviari: l'azzurro del servizio ferroviario nel paesaggio bolognese. Bologna: L’artiere edizionitalia, 2011. ISBN 978-88-87569-46-9.[7]
• So Be It. Italy: L’artiere, 2015. ISBN 9788887569612. With poems by Martin Camaj, introductions by Leonard Fox and Monica Dematté and a text by Jones.

Exhibitions

• Made in China
  • 2002, Turner House Gallery, National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales.[2]
  • 2003, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands;[8]
  • 2003 Spitz Gallery London.[9]
  • 2003 Rome International Photo Festival.[10]
  • 2003 Pingyao Photography Festival.[11]
  • 2007 "Visioni di Cina", Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy.[12]
• Return / Yn Ôl
  • 2006,[n 4] National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales;[13] Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery, Aberdare, Wales; Oriel Ynys Môn, Anglesey, Wales. Reduced versions of this show toured throughout Wales (2006–09).
• Go: Internal Migration in China
  • 2008, Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.[14] During the show large posters, sponsored by the Look East festival, were shown on advertising billboards around the city.
  • 2008, Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery, Aberdare, Wales.
• Land of the Living Past
  • 2008,[n 5] Lighthouse Media Centre, Wolverhampton, England.[15]
  • 2009, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, UK.[16]
  • 2010, Galleria 41ZERO30, Bomporto, Italy.[17]
  • 2015, Mo Art space, Xinmi, Henan Province, China.
• Hinterland
  • 2010 Urban Centre, Sala Borsa, Bologna.[18][19]
  • 2012, Museum of Farming Culture, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Italy.
  • 2012, Photomonth Festival, Italian Institute of Culture, Kraków, Poland.[20]
  • 2012, Galleria Pubblica, Castel Maggiore, Italy.

Notes

1. The book may be found here at Google Books.
2. Page about the book Archived 2015-04-16 at Archive.today, Seren.
3. Page about the book, L'Artiere.
4. https://plus.google.com/photos/114705435999703411915/albums/5868186220015105873
5. https://plus.google.com/photos/114705435999703411915/albums/5872284704720614177

References

1. Rhodri Jones, Panos Pictures. Accessed 17 April 2015.
2. David Williamson, "Jones focuses on China's ironies", Western Mail, 20 July 2002; available here at the Free Library. Accessed 18 April 2015.
3. Jones, Rhodri. Return/Yn Ol. Seren Books. ISBN 1854114190.
4. Hywel Trewyn, "Rhodri's world is black and white", Liverpool Daily Post, 26 April 2006. Accessed 18 April 2015.
5. The final sentence of Philip Jones Griffiths introduction to the "Made in China" book (ISBN 88-7940-174-2) is "This book is a marvellous story told by a Welsh poet with a camera".
6. http://www.noorderlicht.com/en/archive/rhodri-jones/
7. Scambi ferroviari, Bologna city website, retrieved 16 April 2015.
8. "Global Detail: Rhodri Jones: Made in China", Noorderlicht. Accessed 17 April 2015.
9. "All Change on The Long March Towards Modern China". British Journal of Photography. 29 January 2003.
10. Motta, Federico. Catalogue. ISBN 88-7179-412-5.
11. "Made In China". People's Photography. 27 August 2003.
12. "Cina - west of California?". www.bolzano.net. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
13. Joanna Symons, "Catch this: Joanna Symons reviews a photographic exhibition of the work of Rhodri Jones", Daily Telegraph, 6 May 2006. Accessed 17 April 2015.
14. "Go! Internal Migration in China by Rhodri Jones", Amber Online. Accessed 17 April 2015.
15. Events listing for the Lighthouse, The Stirrer, 4 December 2008. Accessed 18 April 2015.
16. "Aberystwyth Arts Centre Annual Report 2008/2009" (PDF).
17. Exhibition notice for "Land of the Living Past", website of the province of Modena, 26 March 2010. Accessed 18 April 2015.
18. Parisini, Francesca (10 December 2010). "La Repubblica".
19. "Il Resto del Carlino". 11 January 2011.
20. "Rhodri Jones exhibited at the Italian Institute of Culture in Krakow, Poland". Panos Pictures. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

External links

• Rhodri Jones's website
• Photographs by Jones, Panos Pictures.