Rhodri Jones is a Welsh documentary photographer based in Bologna, Italy. He has exhibited widely and has published several volumes of photography. His work has been carried by the Panos Pictures photographic agency since 1992.[1]
Biography
Jones was born in Tregarth, Gwynedd, North Wales.[2] His mother is from Luxembourg, his father is Welsh, so he grew up influenced by three languages; English, Welsh and German.[3]
Since 1989 he has travelled widely, producing images from locations such as China, Albania and Wales.[4] He has produced several volumes of personal work as well as commissioned work. He was described by fellow Welsh born photojournalist, Philip Jones Griffiths as "a Welsh poet with a camera"[5]
Publications
Albania. An Oxfam Country Profile. Oxfam, 2000. ISBN0855984325. Text by Neil Olsen.[n 1]
2008, Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.[14] During the show large posters, sponsored by the Look East festival, were shown on advertising billboards around the city.
2008, Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery, Aberdare, Wales.
^The final sentence of Philip Jones Griffiths introduction to the "Made in China" book (ISBN88-7940-174-2) is "This book is a marvellous story told by a Welsh poet with a camera".