Evocation IV, Simulations of an Unknown Nostalgia © Julieta Anaut
The first Ffoto Cymru: Wales International Festival of Photography opens in venues across Wales in October 2024. Building on the success of its predecessor, Diffusion Festival, Ffoto Cymru is a new biennial photography festival delivered by Ffotogallery. In a society where women artists and photographers are still regularly overlooked, the first Ffoto Cymru points the spotlight towards female photographers and artists using photography. With the theme What You See is What You Get? the festival questions how we see, understand and use images and how they shape our identities and culture, from historical archives to AI and modern technologies.
At the centre of Ffoto Cymru is a major survey of work from the last 50 years by Marian Delyth showing at Ffotogallery in Cardiff. Titled Darnau | Fragments, it examines the profound impact of Delyth’s photographic journey over the past five decades, documenting Welsh life and culture, and featuring activism, social justice, and peace campaigns in Wales and beyond. This intimate look at Delyth’s work, seeks to solidify her position as one of Wales's most influential artists and celebrates her significant contributions to the artistic and visual identity of Wales.
The other venues present newly commissioned work by four younger female Welsh or Wales-based photographic artists - Ada Marino, Adéọlá, Holly Davey and Jessie Edwards-Thomas. Finally, a collaboration with the Foto Féminas network (which provides a platform to increase the visibility of Latin American and Caribbean female/non-binary photographers) showcases work by Luiza Possamai Kons from Brazil and Julieta Anaut from Argentina and Lorena Marchetti, also from Argentina.
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We’ve compiled a list of some exhibition highlights to add to your diary! The full programme will be announced very soon so watch this space.
Ada Marino at Wrexham University & Womanby Street, Cardiff. 1-31 October.
Jessie Edwards-Thomas at Cemetery Chapel, Penarth. 1-31 October.
Adeola Dewis at Cyfartha Castle, Merthyr. From 11 October
Holly Davey at Amgueddfa Cymru, Cardiff. 1 - 31 October
Foto Féminas artists Julieta Anaut, Luiza Konz and Lorena Marchetti at Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 5 - 31 October
Chloe Davies at Stiwdio Griffith (Swansea College of Art), Swansea. 23 September - 11 October
Marian Delyth at Yr Hen Lys, Ruthin. 3-31 October