Patrick's photographic work is an
exploration of Wales, its landscape and its struggle to emerge
as an independent political entity in an increasingly centralised
geopolitical system. Metaphysical Archaeology, his first exhibition
at Oriel Lliw, Pontardawe in July 2002, included an examination
of the relationship between the deserted sites of South Wales'
industrial history and the sports landscapes that currently
occupy them. In this he perceives an allegory with the way in
which Wales' past can hinder the transition to a future state.
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Red
Strat. photomontage of images made during Tune Town Free Festival,
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Patrick Ellis was born in Stouthall,
Reynoldston in 1951. Having spent much of his life working
as a horticulturalist and a musician, in the latter part of
the 1990s he discovered writing and photography. In addition
to working as a horticultural tutor for Swansea College with
the Domino Project, a support initiative run by West Glamorgan
Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, he is occupied as a freelance
photographer and writer. His clients in this area are predominantly
from the horticultural and landscape industries.
He studied horticulture at Cannington College, Somerset (1979)
and since then has gained degrees in Economic History and
Politics from Exeter University (1986) and Photojournalism
from Swansea Institute of Higher Education (2001).
His writing includes songs and poems while his journalism is
focussed mainly but not solely on landscape and horticultural
issues.
He has shown work in Llanelli Library and had an exhibition
space at Verdi's restaurant in Mumbles.
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Llyn
y Fan Fawr 2001
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Rugby
World Cup, Cardiff 1999 |
Plantago
lanceolata, Rhosili, Gower, 2002
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Dog
attack at Elba Sports Field, Gowerton, 2001 |
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More of Patricks images and
samples of
his writing can be found on his website
www.patrickellisfeatures.com
Email:patrick@patrickellisfeatures.com
Patrick Ellis
8 Montpellier Terrace,
Mount Pleasant,
Swansea,
SA1 6JW
UK
+44(0)1792 650 592
+44(0)7760 132 980
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Shearing
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