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Once Upon a Time in Wales film

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:57:46 +0000

"In 1971 while a 19-year-old film student I photographed the remarkable characters of Merthyr Tydfil in the South Wales valleys. I then put the photographs in a box and put them away under the stairs. Nearly forty years later I found the box. Exhibitions and a book followed. The more I looked at the images the more I wanted to know what had become of these people. I then embarked on a personal journey and returned to my hometown of Merthyr to film the people and places. Their stories turned out to be more extraordinary than I could ever have imagined. Some talked of their lost childhood dreams but there were violent deaths, murders, MI5 involvement and one had a novel written about his short dramatic life."

The film has now ben edited and is in post production.

Once Upon a Time in Wales

Cyfarthfa Castle exhibition

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:28:49 +0100

Exhibition at Cyfarthfa Castle Art Gallery Merthyr Tydfil

October 1st to 31st 2009

Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Pingyao Festival 2009

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:36:09 +0100

Photographs in China

Work at the China Pingyao International Photography Festival September 19th to 26th.

Pingayao Festival

Arles 2009

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:46:33 +0100

Exhibition of work at Agence d"artistes Photographes

from 7th to the 12th July 2009

rue de la liberte

Arles

Nuit de la photographie contemporaine

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:00:50 +0100

Foire Saint-Germain

Work will be exhibited at the Nuit de la photographie contemporaine (Night of Contemporary Photography) at the Foire Saint-Germain in central Paris in the afternoon and evening of 22nd June 2009. It will take place in the Place Saint Sulpice Paris 6 from 14:00 until midnight.

Europ'art'09

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:00:31 +0100

Work exhibited at Europ'art'09 International Art Salon in Geneva between 22-26th April 2009.

europ'art'09

BBC Wales

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:00:45 +0000

Interview on BBC Radio Wales Arts Show hosted by Nicola Heywood-Thomas

Broadcast on 20th October 2008

BBC Wales Arts Programme

Exhibition expo Peniche Paris

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:09:32 +0000

Exhibition from 1st - 7th December 2008 on the Boat Daphine, Quai de Montebello, Paris. In front of Notre Dame Cathedral.

Monday 1st of december : 18 - 22h : Opening

Tuesday 2 : 12 - 21h

Wednesday : 17 - 21 h

Thursday : 12 - 21 h

Friday : 12 - 21 h

Saturday : 12 - 17 h

Sunday : 9h30 - 13h : Closing Brunch.

Taliesin magazine

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:15:22 +0000

Feature in winter edition of Taliesin magazine, Wales's foremost Welsh language literary magazine published by The Academi.

Taliesin Magazine

S4C

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:52:24 +0100

Feature on the S4C television Arts programme Wedi 7 on 9th October 2008.

S4C

Talk at Lens 4 Festival

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:57:54 +0100

1 November 2008

The National Library of Wales

Aberystwyth

"Robert Haines - will discuss his critically acclaimed work Once upon a time in Wales, a collection of evocative photographs taken around 1971-2 in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil as he saw the essence of his Welsh hometown being torn apart by redevelopment."

National Library of Wales

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Interview in Black & White Photography magazine

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:25:05 +0100

Interview with Ailsa McWhinnie with many images in September edition of Black & White Photography magazine Issue 89. Published by GMC Publications

Exhibition at National Museum Wales

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:38:02 +0100

An exhibition of images at the National Museum Wales from July until December 2008

Talk- Saturday 12th July 15:00

St Fagans
Cardiff
CF5 6XB

029 2057 350

National Museum Wales

Rencontres Photographiques D'Arles

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:31:33 +0100

The book was exhibited over the summer at the RENCONTRES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES D'ARLES in the South of France as part of the publisher's selection of candidates for the Contemporary Book Award.

Rencontres Photographiques D'Arles

Exhibiting in Saint-Germain fair Paris 23.06.08

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:28:18 +0100

Work from the Coast series is to be exhibited in La Nuit de la Photographie contemporaine (Night of Contemporary Photography), part of the Foire Sains-Germain held at the place Saint-Sulpice in the heart of Paris. The open air fair will be on 23.06.08 from 14.00 until midnight.

Paris Posters-

Nuit de la Photographie Contemporaine

Prints in Paris

Fri, 30 May 2008 11:16:58 +0100

Prints from the Centre Iris exhibition will be available at-

le centre iris

238 rue Saint Martin 75 003

PARIS

(along the street from the Pompidou Centre)

from May 27th until June 13th.

Les Oyats 2 40 x 50 cms gelatin silver print

Light House exhibition to tour

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:26:42 +0100

No details at the moment but due to the amount of interest the Light House Gallery is going to tour the "Once Upon a Time in Wales" exhibition. Venue information will be posted on this site as soon as known.

Babylon Wales review

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:38:54 +0100

Book review on Babylon Wales website.

"The Valleys have an enduring appeal for photographers. For decades the mining areas of south Wales have been a magnet for social realist snappers keen to capture the 'authentic' or chronicle a disappearing way of life. Robert Frank’s early-fifties sojourn in Caerau being a prime example. Whilst the quality of Frank's work is undeniable, one can’t entirely eradicate the notion that many of these outsiders turned up with the specific intention of transforming poverty into coffee table art.

Once Upon a Time in Wales is excellent and should be a strong contender for Welsh book of the year (next year). It is published by Dewi Lewis and is on sale now."

Link: Babylon Wales

BBC Wales

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:00:05 +0100

Interview with Mal Pope on the Roy Noble show on BBC Wales 25.04.08 about images from the Gower in the current Paris exhibition.

Link: BBC Wales