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Chronicle V3.indd 2 05/10/2018 16:31 Celebrating 40 years in 2018

Dathlu 40 mlynedd yn

Image / Llun © Maurice Broomfi eld Broomfi Image / Llun © Maurice 2018

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Published by Ffotogallery 4 Limited Turner House, Plymouth Road, Penarth, CF64 3DH

ISBN-13: 978-1-872771-49-6

Writer & Editor: David Drake The Valleys Project Text: Paul Cabuts Publication Design: Oliver Norcott Installation Images: Marc Arkless Cover Image: André Gelpke

All images © The Artists All text © The Authors

Translation: Siân Edwards, Owen Martell and Sian Jones

Printed in Wales by Zenith Media

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission of the publisher.

Published October 2018 Edition of 300

Chronicle V3.indd 4 05/10/2018 16:31 Foreword / 6 Rhagair

Our Story / 8 Ein Stori Supporting Welsh Artists / Cefnogi 80 Artistiaid Cymreig

Diffusion - 88 Legacy / Gwaddol

International 5 Engagement 98 / Ymgysylltiad Rhyngwladol

Exhibitions / Arddangosfeydd 114 1978–2018

Publications / Cyhoeddiadau 120 1978–2018

Acknowledgements / 123 Cydnabyddiaeth

Chronicle V3.indd 5 05/10/2018 16:31 In September 1978, the first gallery Ym mis Medi 1978, agorodd oriel in Wales dedicated to photography gyntaf Cymru ar gyfer ffotograffiaeth opened in Charles Street, , yn benodol yn Heol Charles, under the name Yr Oriel Ffotograffeg. Caerdydd, o dan yr enw Yr Oriel Changing its name to Ffotogallery in Ffotograffeg. Gan newid ei henw 1981, the organisation continues to i Ffotogallery ym 1981, mae’n dal thrive forty years on and is currently i ffynnu ddeugain mlynedd yn establishing a new city centre base ddiweddarach ac mae wrthi bellach in Cardiff. yn sefydlu canolfan newydd yng Chronicle draws on archival and nghanol dinas Caerdydd. contemporary material to tell the Mae Chronicle yn defnyddio 6 story of how Ffotogallery developed deunydd archifol a chyfoes i adrodd over those forty years, against the sut y datblygodd Ffotogallery backdrop of seismic changes in the dros y deugain mlynedd hwnnw, nature and role of photography in yn erbyn cefnlen o newidiadau society and the rise of digital culture. seismig yn natur a swyddogaeth From the beginning, Ffotogallery ffotograffiaeth mewn cymdeithas, a has given early exposure for thwf y diwylliant digidol. O’r cychwyn photographers and artists such as cyntaf, rhoddodd Ffotogallery , Paul Graham, Catherine sylw yn gynnar yn eu gyrfaoedd i Yass, Helen Sear and Bedwyr Williams artistiaid fel Martin Parr, Paul Graham, who went on to enjoy international Catherine Yass, Helen Sear a Bedwyr Williams sydd wedi mynd ymlaen i success. The organisation remains fwynhau llwyddiant rhyngwladol. committed to nurturing emerging Mae’r sefydliad yn parhau ag talent and providing mid-career ymrwymiad i feithrin doniau sy’n opportunities for photographers and dod i’r amlwg a chynnig cyfleoedd lens-based artists. Chronicle highlights canol-gyrfa i ffotograffwyr ac artistiaid Ffotogallery’s longstanding focus yn seiliedig ar lens. Mae Chronicle on the South Wales Valleys and a yn pwysleisio ffocws Ffotogallery series of commissions and exhibitions dros gyfnod maith ar gymoedd that documented the Valleys in de Cymru, a chyfres o gomisiynau various aspects during a period ac arddangosfeydd yn dogfennu of rapid transition. Chronicle also gwahanol agweddau ar y cymoedd celebrates Ffotogallery’s international yn ystod cyfnod o drawsnewid engagement, realised through carlamus. Mae Chronicle hefyd yn publications and exhibitions of work dathlu ymgysylltiad rhyngwladol from five continents, and initiatives Ffotogallery, ar ffurf cyhoeddiadau such as European Prospects, Wales in ac arddangosfeydd o waith o bum Venice 2015, the Dreamtigers India- cyfandir, a mentrau fel Rhagolygon Wales project, and three editions Ewropeaidd, Cymru yn Fenis 2015, FOREWORD / / FOREWORD RHAGAIR

Chronicle V3.indd 6 05/10/2018 16:31 of the biennial Diffusion: Cardiff project Dreamtigers India-Cymru, a International Festival of Photography. thri rhifyn o’r ŵyl ddwy-flynyddol, It shows how over four decades Diffusion: Gŵyl Ffotograffiaeth Ffotogallery has played a pivotal Ryngwladol Caerdydd. role in developing a vibrant and Dengys fel y mae Ffotogallery, contemporary photographic dros bedwar degawd, wedi chwarae culture in Wales and internationally rhan ganolog mewn datblygu through exhibitions and festivals, diwylliant ffotograffig bywiog extensive print and online a chyfoes yng Nghymru ac yn publishing activities, and pioneering rhyngwladol trwy arddangosfeydd education and outreach work that a gwyliau, gweithgareddau 7 offers opportunities for creative cyhoeddi print ac ar-lein helaeth, engagement for a wide cross-section a gwaith addysgu a chymunedol of society. arloesol sy’n cynnig cyfleoedd i drawstoriad eang o gymdeithas i ymgysylltu’n greadigol.

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Chronicle V3.indd 8 05/10/2018 16:31 The early 1970s saw a resurgence Yn yr 1970au cynnar, cafwyd ton of interest in photography across newydd o ddiddordeb mewn the , and the ffotograffiaeth ar draws y Deyrnas establishment of a small number of Unedig, a sefydlwyd nifer fechan o independent galleries dedicated orielau annibynnol yn arbennig ar to photography including The gyfer ffotograffau, yn cynnwys The Photographers Gallery and Photographers Gallery a Camerawork Camerawork in , Stills in yn Llundain, Stills yng Nghaeredin, Edinburgh, Impressions in York, Open Impressions yn Efrog, Open Eye yn Eye in and Side Gallery Lerpwl a Side Gallery yn Newcastle. in Newcastle. Pan sefydlwyd yr Ysgol With the School of Documentary Ffotograffiaeth Ddogfennol yng 9 Photography at Gwent College of Ngholeg Addysg Uwch Gwent yng Higher Education in Newport being Nghasnewydd gan y ffotograffydd set up by Magnum photographer Magnum, , yn 1973, David Hurn in 1973, momentum was roedd y momentwm yn tyfu ar building for a specialist photography gyfer sefydlu oriel ffotograffiaeth gallery to be established in Wales arbenigol yng Nghymru i arddangos exhibiting work on a regular basis. gwaith yn rheolaidd. Yn gynnar In early 1978, the artist and academic yn 1978, cyhoeddodd yr artist a’r Alistair Crawford published an article academydd Alistair Crawford erthygl in Planet magazine calling for a yn y cylchgrawn Planet yn galw am oriel neu amgueddfa newydd a new gallery or museum that would fyddai’n “dangos arddangosfeydd “originate and travel exhibitions gwreiddiol a theithiol yng Nghymru a both within and outside Wales….at thu allan i Gymru….ar yr un pryd dylai the same time it should acquire, in gael gafael, mewn ffordd systematig, a systematic way, a collection of the ar gasgliad o’r ffotograffau cyfoes best contemporary photography gorau gan ffotograffwyr o Gymru from Welsh photographers sy’n gweithio tu allan i Gymru ac working outside Wales and from hefyd gan ffotograffwyr sy’n gweithio photographers working within Wales”. yng Nghymru”. During 1977 and 1978 David Yn ystod 1977 a 1978 bu David Hurn helped organise a series of Hurn yn helpu i drefnu cyfres o lectures on photography through the ddarlithoedd ar ffotograffiaeth Extra Mural Department of University drwy Adran Efrydiau Allanol College, Cardiff in collaboration Coleg Prifysgol Caerdydd mewn with the Welsh Arts Council. Sir Tom cydweithrediad â Chyngor Hopkinson, one time editor of Picture Celfyddydau Cymru. Roedd Syr Tom Post, was the Director of the Centre Hopkinson, cyn-olygydd Picture for Journalism Studies at University Post, yn Gyfarwyddwr ar y Ganolfan College, Cardiff and a key advocate Astudiaethau Newyddiaduriaeth

Chronicle V3.indd 9 05/10/2018 16:31 for photography in Wales at the time. yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Caerdydd The lectures drew a large audience ac roedd yn eiriolwr allweddol with guest speakers including Bert dros ffotograffiaeth yng Nghymru Hardy and Don McCullin. As a direct ar y pryd. Denodd y darlithoedd result of the interest generated by gynulleidfa fawr gyda siaradwyr the lecture series, in May some fifty gwadd megis Bert Hardy a Don people connected with photography McCullin. O ganlyniad uniongyrchol came together in Cardiff to discuss i’r diddordeb a sbardunwyd gan y the establishment of a permanent gyfres hon o ddarlithoedd, ym mis centre for photography in Wales, and Mai daeth oddeutu hanner cant o bobl four months later that vision became oedd â chysylltiad â ffotograffiaeth 10 a reality. at ei gilydd yng Nghaerdydd i On 4 September 1978, the drafod sefydlu canolfan barhaol ar first gallery in Wales dedicated to gyfer ffotograffiaeth yng Nghymru, photography opened in Charles a phedwar mis yn ddiweddarach Street, Cardiff, under the name Yr gwireddwyd y freuddwyd. Oriel Ffotograffeg, Caerdydd (The Ar 4 Medi 1978, agorodd yr oriel Photographic Gallery, Cardiff). gyntaf yng Nghymru oedd wedi’i Fittingly, the gallery’s inaugural hymroddi i ffotograffiaeth yn Stryd exhibition was Collected Photographs Charles, Caerdydd, o dan yr enw Yr – Photographs from the collection of Oriel Ffotograffeg, Caerdydd. Yn David Hurn. briodol iawn, arddangosfa agoriadol yr oriel oedd Collected Photographs Largely run by volunteers, – Photographs from the collection of from that September onwards a David Hurn. diverse and ambitious exhibition O’r mis Medi hwnnw ymlaen, programme was initiated with a cychwynnwyd rhaglen arddangos combination of originated and hired- uchelgeisiol ac amrywiol a redwyd in exhibitions. As well as showing the yn bennaf gan wirfoddolwyr gyda work of internationally respected chyfuniad o arddangosfeydd photographers such as Diane gwreiddiol a rhai a brynwyd i Arbus, Bill Brandt, William Klein and mewn. Yn ogystal â dangos gwaith Raymond Moore, the gallery mounted ffotograffwyr oedd yn ennyn exhibitions by emergent young parch rhyngwladol megis Diane photographers such as Martin Parr, Arbus, Bill Brandt, William Klein a and Brian Griffin. Raymond Moore, trefnodd yr oriel Yr Oriel Ffotograffeg’s first arddangosfeydd gan ffotograffwyr Director, Deborah Baker, was ifanc oedd yn dechrau dod i’r amlwg appointed in January 1979, but left megis Martin Parr, Tish Murtha a the gallery at the end of that year Brian Griffin. to become Photographic Fellow Penodwyd Cyfarwyddwr cyntaf in Sheffield. Bill Messer, an MFA Yr Oriel Ffotograffeg, Deborah

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Chronicle V3.indd 12 05/10/2018 16:31 graduate of San Francisco Art Institute, Baker, ym mis Ionawr 1979, ond was appointed in early 1980 as gadawodd hithau’r oriel ddiwedd y her successor. flwyddyn honno i ddod yn Gymrodor The gallery’s wide-ranging Ffotograffig yn Sheffield. Penodwyd exhibition programme continued to Bill Messer, gŵr graddedig gyda grow its reputation, both in Wales Meistr mewn Celfyddyd Gain o’r San and internationally. It originated Francisco Art Institute, yn olynydd iddi a major touring exhibition of the yn fuan yn 1980. Black Series/Recent Nudes by the Parhaodd rhaglen renowned American photographer arddangosfeydd hynod amrywiol Ralph Gibson, and in December 1980 yr oriel i fagu enw da, yng Nghymru the gallery hosted an extensive survey ac yn rhyngwladol. Cychwynnodd 13 of New Spanish Photography in yr arddangosfa deithiol fawr y partnership with the South Glamorgan Black Series/Recent Nudes gan Institute of Higher Education. y ffotograffydd Americanaidd In January 1981 Bill Messer adnabyddus Ralph Gibson, ac ym launched an ambitious and at mis Rhagfyr 1980 cynhaliodd yr oriel times controversial yearlong arolwg estynedig o New Spanish series of exhibitions examining Photography mewn partneriaeth ag aspects of European photography. Athrofa Addysg Uwch De Morgannwg. Continental Enquiries aimed to Ym mis Ionawr 1981 lansiodd provide a comprehensive survey Bill Messer flwyddyn gyfan o arddangosfeydd uchelgeisiol, of current trends in photography oedd yn ddadleuol ar brydiau, yn from across Europe, and the series ymchwilio agweddau o ffotograffiaeth included Wilhelm Schurmann – A Ewropeaidd. Nod Continental Retrospective, The Voyage of Enquiries oedd gwneud arolwg Bernard Plossu 1965 – 1981, Northern cynhwysfawr o’r patrymau ar y pryd Lights – two exhibitions examining mewn ffotograffiaeth ledled Ewrop, contemporary Norwegian and ac roedd y gyfres yn cynnwys Wilhelm Swedish photography, New German Schurmann – A Retrospective, The Photography and The Womenshow, Voyage of Bernard Plossu 1965 featuring work by Andre Gelpke, – 1981, Northern Lights – dwy Diana Blok and Marlo Broekmans. arddangosfa oedd yn archwilio Despite the achievements of the ffotograffiaeth gyfoes o Norwy a organisation over the previous year – , New German Photography an ambitious programme, expanded a The Womenshow, oedd yn dangos premises and international reputation gwaith gan Andre Gelpke, Diana Blok – in a formal review conducted in a Marlo Broekmans. summer 1981, the Welsh Arts Council Er bod y sefydliad wedi gweld expressed concern about the nature llwyddiannau yn ystod y flwyddyn of the exhibition programme in flaenorol – rhaglen uchelgeisiol, safle

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