Dates: 12/03/2010 to 23/04/2010
Photography began for me as a hobby, became my living, and grew into a lifelong passion.
The bulk of my work is firmly rooted in the humanist tradition of classic photo-journalism, an amalgam of narrative and aesthetics. For many years, I believed that those traditional values were best expressed in black/white photography but, later, I also learned to appreciate the particular qualities of colour and to enjoy its sensuality.
I was fortunate in many of my assignments but personal projects have been vital to my development as a photographer and, eventually, they came to dominate my work. For example, I spent two or three days every week for a year photographing life at a small village school; I documented the British love-affair with the seaside; I returned twice to Vietnam to see how it had changed after the war; and I have spent an inordinate amount of time in street photography both in the UK and abroad.
Perhaps more curiously, I have also experimented with the borderline between the abstract and the representational, and the way that colour holds form together as detail is lost.
Bryn Campbell will be in conversation with Ian Berry at Hoopers Gallery on Monday 22nd March. 6.30 for 7.00pm
The event is free, but if you would like to attend, please contact the gallery first.