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.Rhodri Jones, Panos Pictures. Accessed 17 April 2015.
Biography Jones was born in Tregarth, Gwynedd, North Wales.David Williamson, "Jones focuses on China's ironies", Western Mail, 20 July 2002; available here at the Free Library. Accessed 18 April 2015. His mother is from Luxembourg, his father is Welsh, so he grew up influenced by three languages; English, Welsh and German.
Since 1989 he has travelled widely, producing images from locations such as China, Albania and Wales.Hywel Trewyn, "Rhodri's world is black and white", Liverpool Daily Post, 26 April 2006. Accessed 18 April 2015. 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"The final sentence of Philip Jones Griffiths introduction to the "Made in China" book () is "This book is a marvellous story told by a Welsh poet with a camera".
Publications Albania. An Oxfam Country Profile. Oxfam, 2000. . Text by Neil Olsen.The book may be found here at Google Books. Made in China. Modena: Logos Art, 2002. . Texts by Philip Jones Griffiths and Hong Ying. Return/Yn ôl. Bridgend, Wales: Seren, 2006. . Foreword by Gwyneth Lewis.Page about the book , Seren. Hinterland. Italy: L’artiere edizionitalia, 2010. . With a transcript of a conversation between Jones and Gianni Celati.Page about the book, L'Artiere. Scambi ferroviari: l'azzurro del servizio ferroviario nel paesaggio bolognese. Bologna: L’artiere edizionitalia, 2011. .Scambi ferroviari, Bologna city website, retrieved 16 April 2015. So Be It. Italy: L’artiere, 2015. . With poems by Martin Camaj, introductions by Leonard Fox and Monica Dematté and a text by Jones.
Exhibitions Made in China 2002, Turner House Gallery, National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales. 2003, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands;"Global Detail: Rhodri Jones: Made in China", Noorderlicht. Accessed 17 April 2015. 2003 Spitz Gallery London. 2003 Rome International Photo Festival. 2003 Pingyao Photography Festival. 2007 "Visioni di Cina", Centro Culturale Trevi, Bolzano, Italy. Return / Yn Ôl 2006, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales;Joanna Symons, "Catch this: Joanna Symons reviews a photographic exhibition of the work of Rhodri Jones", Daily Telegraph, 6 May 2006. Accessed 17 April 2015. Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery, Aberdare, Wales; Oriel Ynys Môn, Anglesey, Wales. Reduced versions of this show toured throughout Wales (2006–09). Go: Internal Migration in China 2008, Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England."Go! Internal Migration in China by Rhodri Jones", Amber Online. Accessed 17 April 2015. 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. Land of the Living Past 2008, Lighthouse Media Centre, Wolverhampton, England.Events listing for the Lighthouse, The Stirrer, 4 December 2008. Accessed 18 April 2015. 2009, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, UK. 2010, Galleria 41ZERO30, Bomporto, Italy.Exhibition notice for "Land of the Living Past", website of the province of Modena, 26 March 2010. Accessed 18 April 2015. 2015, Mo Art space, Xinmi, Henan Province, China. Hinterland 2010 Urban Centre, Sala Borsa, Bologna. 2012, Museum of Farming Culture, Bentivoglio, Bologna, Italy. 2012, Photomonth Festival, Italian Institute of Culture, Kraków, Poland. 2012, Galleria Pubblica, Castel Maggiore, Italy.
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External links Rhodri Jones's website Photographs by Jones, Panos Pictures.