Glyn Davies BA(Hons) AOP
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Originally from Cornwall, Glyn now lives and works on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey in North Wales. Following a one-year Arts Foundation Course at the respected Falmouth School of Art in Cornwall, he left to study Photography, Film and Television at Degree Level in London. On completion of his degree in 1987, Glyn started freelancing for magazine clients, especially yachting and countryside titles such as Classic Boat, Yachting World and Country Living. Over his career he has undertaken many industrial and advertising commissions for clients such as National Grid PLC and Midland Mainline Railways using camera formats from 35mm to 5”x4”. Since 1991, he has been photographic tutor at the University of Wales, Bangor developing a range of project based courses with an emphasis on creativity, artistry, concept and narrative. Over the last few years he has been successful in having multiple entries accepted for Shot up North, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and probably more importantly for Glyn, a winning image in the nationally recognised IDEA Digital Imaging Awards 2002. There have been several recent magazine articles about Glyn and his work; Welsh Living, (Summer 2003);  Digital Photographer, (April 2004); Digital Photography Made Easy, (July 2004); British Journal of Photography (21.07.04); Art Business Today, (August 2004); Image, (May 2005); WDA "Busnes" magazine (Winter 2005); Digital Photographer, (May 2007); Golwg, (Nov 2007); FotoVideo (Romania), (Jan 2008); Digital Photographer, (Feb 2008); In October 2005 Glyn won Silver in an International Landscape Competition in the London Photographic Awards. This led to TV coverage by the Welsh magazine programme, "Wedi 7".  On November 29th 2005, he was featured in a BBC2 Wales documentary "Welsh Journeys" with news presenter Jamie Owen. On April 23rd 2006 Glyn was interviewed by BBC Radio Wales for Mousemat - Adam Walton discussed landscape photography with respect to digital workflow from camera settings to software. In September 2008 Glyn was featured on the  "ITV Wales - Tidal Wales" documentary series (presenter, Andrea Benfield), following people in Wales whose lives or work are influenced by the tide. Glyn was interviewed at the Dulas Estuary, Anglesey. In April 2009, he was interviewed for TV on the Welsh arts programme, Sioe Gelf, about his third book, and major exhibition at the Wales Millennium Centre, "Nant Gwrtheyrn - Y Swyngyfaredd (The Enchantment).

His work has appeared in a large number of magazines, books, brochures and publications but nothing was as satisfying as selling his personal images directly to clients and shooting private portraits, actors and models. In 2002, Glyn established his first commercial studio and gallery on Anglesey which enabled him to make his prints available commercially and to a much wider audience. In Spring 2005 Glyn moved to much bigger premises in Menai Bridge where he has created a more spacious gallery and a studio large enough for high quality family portraits. In October 2007 Glyn took over the downstairs shop and has converted it into the main gallery reception and additional exhibition space. Now there is a large shop window in which people can keep up to date with what's new!

In November 2007, Glyn released his first self-published art book "Anglesey Landscapes - Tirluniau Môn". This is a 120 page, 50 plate hard case book of his most rewarding Anglesey images of the previous 3 or 4 years. In October 2008 Glyn published "Anglesey Landscapes - Tirluniau Môn II" with a series of brand new Anglesey images shot since his last book. In April 2009 Glyn published his third coffee table book, "Nant Gwrtheyrn - Y Swyngyfaredd (The Enchantment) based on his year long project at Nant Gwrtheyrn, the Welsh quarrying village, once deserted, now the centre for Welsh language and learning. The book was launched at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff by Presiding Officer for the National Assembly of Wales, Lord Dafydd Elis Thomas.

"After almost 30 years of taking photographs, for the most part simply to please clients and art directors, I am now thankfully back in a situation where I can take pictures just for my own interest, having to please no one. I got tired of making purses out of sow's ears and turning dust to gold. The beauty about running my own gallery, is that if customers like my images they buy them, if they don't like the work they leave, I love that simplicity of operation. The reward is that I get to meet some really wonderful people, with a shared interest in the landscape and environmental issues, and we discuss experiences, thoughts and memories. This interaction is absolutely the best thing about running your own gallery. I am happier and more confident now about my work and my business, than at any time to date, I'm in a good place!"
ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES BOOK: I've had a good week to read your book. Having spent quite a bit of time at the Anglesey Race Circuit in recent years, mainly in driving rain and howling gales, I was...
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