Two photography students work as interns for Val Williams and Daniel Meadows
Photographer Daniel Meadows and writer and curator Val Williams are collaborating on a project for a forthcoming book and exhibition based on the archive of Daniel Meadows.
Kelly Bishop organising correspondence with Daniel Meadows into chronological order
Our students, Denise Fotheringham BA (Hons) Documentary Photography, and Kelly Bishop BA (Hons) Photographic Art, are helping to organise and coordinate the archive in preparation for the book and also for acquisition by Birmingham Central Library.
Newport Student Kelly Bishop and Daniel Meadows working on the archive
The book will be a part of a series of publications Val Williams has worked on with mid to late term career photographers. Previous titles have included “Martin Parr”, published by Phaidon Books and “Anna Fox Photographs 1983 – 2007” published by Photoworks.
Newport student Kelly Bishop (left) catalogues negatives whilst Daniel Meadows (left) Pete James, Head of Photographs at Birmingham Central Library (centre) and Val Williams (right) discuss work in the archive in Daniel's studio
Daniel Meadows
Daniel, who was a tutor on Documentary Photography from 1982 to 1994, is recognised as one of the prime movers of the new documentary movement of the 1970’s in Britain. A movement which included people like Martin Parr, Tony Ray Jones, Homer Sykes to name a few. In addition to being a highly regarded photographer Daniel Meadows is also a teacher, writer, filmmaker and in 2002 won a BAFTA Cymru for his digital storytelling work for the BBC. http://www.photobus.co.uk/index.php?id=1
Daniel Meadows (centre) Talks to Val Williams (left) and Pete James (right) about pictures he made in the 70's
Val Williams
Professor Val Williams is Director of the University of the Arts London Research Centre for Photography and the Archive. She is a writer and curator and has curated exhibitions for the Barbican Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate Britain, The National Museum of Photography and the British Council. From 1999 – 2002 she was Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at the Hasselblad Centre in Sweden. Her previous publications include ‘The Other Observers (1986), ‘Illuminations’ (1995), ‘Who’s Looking at the Family’ (1994), ‘The Dead’ (1995), ‘New Natural History’ (1999), ‘Look At Me’ (1998), ‘Martin Parr’ (2002) , ‘How We Are’ (2007) and ‘Anna Fox’ (2007). http://www.arts.ac.uk/15413.htm
Newport Student Denise Fotheringham (left) and Val Williams (Right) working on the Daniel Meadows archive
All images by Paul Reas © 2009 University of Wales, Newport