Do you run a theatre or somewhere that puts on performances? I've invested in lenses that let me get a bit closer to the action and I love doing work like this. Get in touch if you want me to to do some photography for you!
Jon Pountney
@jonpountney1.bsky.social
ONLY AN EYE, BUT MY GOD WHAT AN EYE!
"Steeling Ourselves pairs photographs by @jonpountney1.bsky.social with the words of residents interviewed about the [blast furnace] closure [in Port Talbot] and what has followed it." The complete exhibition can be viewed online at aftertheend.org/exhibition
Steeling Ourselves: Port Talbot photography exhibition at Plaza
Steeling Ourselves, a photography exhibition about Port Talbot after the blast furnace closure, is at The Plaza on Talbot Road until 7 August.
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A huge thank you to everyone that came to my Port Talbot launch last night, and made it such a special event. I wasn't expecting such a big turn out! Watch this space as the project develops further, and if you have links to Port Talbot get in touch to find out how you can help the project!
Do you run a theatre or somewhere that puts on performances? I've invested in lenses that let me get a bit closer to the action and I love doing work like this. Get in touch if you want me to to do some photography for you!
A huge thank you to everyone that came to my Port Talbot launch last night, and made it such a special event. I wasn't expecting such a big turn out! Watch this space as the project develops further, and if you have links to Port Talbot get in touch to find out how you can help the project!
obsessed with the font on IKEA's clam chowder packaging. this is what's in the freezer on the Nostromo
Ahead of my show opening in Port Talbot tonight, here I am talking about my love for the town when the closure of the Blast Furnaces was announced. From about 21 mins in. Thanks to Mike Griffiths at ITV! www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
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www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Probably the most interesting episode of Countryfile ever! Really worth a watch
Countryfile - Anita’s East Coast Road Trip: Orford Ness
The final stop on Anita’s east coast road trip is the mysterious Orford Ness in Suffolk, one of Britain's most important protected coastal landscapes.
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It's pretty much on the wall folks! I prayed to Paul Nash, I drilled and screwed... And hopefully we'll be ready to welcome you to the Plaza in Port Talbot, from 6-8pm tomorrow! 'Steeling Ourselves, Port Talbot after the Blast Furnace', 31st July-14th August, The Plaza, Port Talbot
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Probably the most interesting episode of Countryfile ever! Really worth a watch
Countryfile - Anita’s East Coast Road Trip: Orford Ness
The final stop on Anita’s east coast road trip is the mysterious Orford Ness in Suffolk, one of Britain's most important protected coastal landscapes.
bbc.co.uk
If you like my work, you'll love this- please come along to the launch next Friday, 6-8pm in the Plaza, Port Talbot. Showing work from the first phase of my project: Steeling Ourselves: Reflections from Port Talbot After the Blast Furnace closure, created by acclaimed photographer Jon Pountney
Handsome looking article in today's Western Mail all about my upcoming Port Talbot exhibition!
Great coverage from @nation.cymru for my upcoming show in Port Talbot! If you're a resident please get in touch and help me with the project nation.cymru/news/moving-...
Moving exhibition gives voice to Port Talbot after Blast Furnace closure
Stephen Price Almost two years after the final blast furnace fell silent, a powerful new exhibition is set to open in Port Talbot featuring works by one of Wales’ leading photographers, bringing the c...
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A little video about where my exhibition is, in sunny Port Talbot
In the shadow of the last Blast Furnaces in Port Talbot, knapweed covered with beautiful burnet moths yesterday
If you like my work, you'll love this- please come along to the launch next Friday, 6-8pm in the Plaza, Port Talbot. Showing work from the first phase of my project: Steeling Ourselves: Reflections from Port Talbot After the Blast Furnace closure, created by acclaimed photographer Jon Pountney
A little bit about my coolest possession- my Super 8 camera #super8 #kodak #super8film
A quick visit to the very sci-fi Stones of Margam 📡🛸. An Eisteddfod stone circle with Port Talbot Steelworks in the distance. Yes, I know my glasses are broken
In the shadow of the last Blast Furnaces in Port Talbot, knapweed covered with beautiful burnet moths yesterday
Reworked painting, Dungeness level crossing. It took me a year to get this one right! Oil on paper, approx 76cmx56cm, £400 (comment for details- I can't see messages on here)
More new images from a project in dialogue with the photography of Paul Nash. It's about transience, chronic illness and surreality, and all shot on my Ross Ensign Selfix 820 Special Aldeburgh and Orford Quay (visited by Nash)
Today in Port Talbot I'll be showing work in the Plaza in Port Talbot, from my long running project on the town and the Steel Works, launching on Friday the 31st from 6-8pm.
