Ron Davies (photographer)

Ron Davies (photographer)

Infobox Person
name = Ron Davies


image_size = 250px
caption = Ron Davies
birth_date = Birth date|1921|12|17|df=y
birth_place = Aberaeron, Wales, United Kingdom
death_date =
death_place =
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occupation = Photographer
nationality = British
website = www.ronsphotogallery.co.uk

Ron Davies OBE, born in 1921 in Aberaeron, Wales, is a Welsh photographer.

Early life

Ron developed an interest in photography at the age of 8, while working as an errand boy for a chemist shop in Aberaeron, his home town.

War years and motorcycle accident

During WWII, Ron became an official war photographer on the staff of Air Information with the South East Asia command of the British Royal Air Force, stationed in India,
Indonesia and Singapore. In 1950, Ron was injured in an accident on his motorcycle combination, and has been confined to a wheelchair since, though this hasn't prevented him pursuing his chosen career.

Career

Ron has worked as a still and cine press photographer for HTV, the BBC, the Western Mail, Y Cymro and various national newspapers, and has produced much private work and mounted many exhibitions. He's also taken a keen and active interest in teaching photography, and was the driving force behind the first mobile disabled darkroom, operated by Arts Care/Gofal Celf [ [http://www.acgc.co.uk/ www.acgc.co.uk] Arts Care/Gofal Celf, charity providing arts training and facilities for disabled people in Wales] .

In 2003, Ron Davies was awarded the OBE for his services to photography, and the year before he was accepted into the Welsh National Eisteddfod's Bardic Circle.

Recent work (2008)

In his late 80s, Ron maintains an un-dimmed enthusiasm for photography, and for the last few years has been experimenting with digital darkroom techniques and digital printing, though he maintains that he's never lost the sense of wonder he felt when he saw his first black and white print appearing in a dish of developer under a safelight.

Publications

* "Llun A Chân", 1983, ISBN 0-85088-539-6
* "24 Awr Bronglais: Bywyd mewn diwrnod", "Bronglais: 24 hours - A life in the day of", 1988, exhibition catalogue
* "Delweddau O Gymru/Images Of Wales", 1990, ISBN 0-86243-226-X
* "The Seven Wonders of Wales", 1993, ISBN 0-86243-292-8
* "Byd Ron/Ron's World", 2001, ISBN 1-86225-032-4

External links

* [http://www.ronsphotogallery.co.uk/menupage.html Ron's Photogallery] Ron's photo gallery.
* [http://www.welshartsarchive.org.uk/galleries/ron_davies.htm Ron Davies on ArtCymru] Page about Ron Davies on ArtCymru website, with some photographs.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3359569.stm BBC news article] BBC News article about Ron's OBE.

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