Event / 13 Apr 2019

Exhibition Talk - Chapel

Paul Cabuts

Join us to hear photographer Paul Cabuts discuss the inspiration and subsequent development of his Chapel project as well as his long-term undertaking to document aspects of contemporary life in the South Wales Valleys. He will also discuss how the chapels near the Workers Gallery have played a significant role in the lives of individuals and the local community.

Following an interval the newly formed South Wales Project, comprised of Dan Wood, Anna Jones, Rebecca Sunflower Thomas, Siôn Marshall-Waters and Jon Pountney, will discuss their documentary photography project in and around South Wales.

Paul Cabuts

Living in Wales, Paul Cabuts’ photographic practice has focused on the south Wales Valleys for over two decades. His work has been exhibited at venues in the UK and beyond including the Australian Centre for Photography, Treffpunkt Stuttgart, Germany and Kaunas Photography Gallery, Lithuania. A recipient of a Creative Wales Award from the Arts Council of Wales, Cabuts has been commissioned to work on numerous photography projects including the BBC’s BAFTA Cymru Award winning Capture Wales project. His photographs are held in a number of collections including those at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru - National Library of Wales and Ffotogallery.

He was awarded a PhD at the European Centre for Photographic Research and completed an MA in Fine Art at Aberystwyth University and a BA (Hons) Documentary Photography at the Newport School of Art & Design. The University of Wales Press published his monograph Creative Photography and Wales in 2012. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.

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