A MAJOR retrospective exhibition by pioneering photographer, documentarian and digital story-teller Daniel Meadows is currently on show at Ffotogallery in Penarth.
Early Photographic Works, a partnership project curated by Professor Val Williams, will also be Meadows’ first exhibition in Wales, where he has lived and worked for 30 years.
In the early 1970s Daniel Meadows embarked on a journey to create a social snapshot of Britain, breaking with photography tradition and infusing the medium with newenergies and ways of seeing.
His practice developed at Manchester Polytechnic, where he trained alongside fellowphotographers Martin Parr, Brian Griffin, Charlie Meecham and Peter Fraser.
Together they spearheaded a newBritish documentary photography movement, operating outside the existing conventions of commercial practitioners and photojournalists.
Meadows’ resulting work displays complexity and passion, and confers a personal and sometimes deeply autobiographical imprint. During his career he has produced an astonishing record of urban British society, working in a uniquely collaborative way, using photography, digital stories and recorded interviews to capture extraordinary aspects of everyday life.
The exhibition continues at Ffotogallery, Turner House, Plymouth Road, Penarth, until September 8. Exhibition opening times are Tuesday to Saturday between 11am and 5pm and admission is free to all visitors.
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