Oriel Colwyn
@orielcolwyn.bsky.social
The North Wales Photography Gallery.
Photographic Gallery based in Colwyn Bay.
Founder/host of the biennial Northern Eye International Photography Festival.
www.orielcolwyn.org
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk
Photographic Gallery based in Colwyn Bay.
Founder/host of the biennial Northern Eye International Photography Festival.
www.orielcolwyn.org
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk
Good to see you Mark, agreed, an inspiring talk by Craig!
Had the pleasure of attending a talk by photographer Craig Easton last night @orielcolwyn.bsky.social Previews of new & unseen work. Very inspiring! Even managed to grab a quick chat & a copy of Bank Top. Thank you Craig & Oriel.
#photography
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October 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Good to see you Mark, agreed, an inspiring talk by Craig!
Beautiful!
Lovely to see a first exhibition of a selection of my new work 'The Edge of Ruin' in Colwyn Bay for The Northern Eye festival, organised by @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
You can see these images on the outside of the town library windows for the month. Thanks to all who helped the install.
You can see these images on the outside of the town library windows for the month. Thanks to all who helped the install.
October 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Beautiful!
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Wonderful weekend at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social for Northern Eye festival. Lovely to get to know Peter Caton & his long term work in South Sudan, and Kyle McDougall. My highlight though was the talk and work of Margaret Mitchel, including An Ordinary Eden.
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An Ordinary Eden
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October 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Wonderful weekend at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social for Northern Eye festival. Lovely to get to know Peter Caton & his long term work in South Sudan, and Kyle McDougall. My highlight though was the talk and work of Margaret Mitchel, including An Ordinary Eden.
margaretmitchell.co.uk/an-ordinary-...
margaretmitchell.co.uk/an-ordinary-...
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From Friday's photo-walk with Eddie Otchere and @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
A great weekend at the Northern Eye 👍
📷 Nikon FM3A - Lensbaby Muse
🎞️ Kodak TMAX 400 - Ilfotec HC
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
A great weekend at the Northern Eye 👍
📷 Nikon FM3A - Lensbaby Muse
🎞️ Kodak TMAX 400 - Ilfotec HC
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
October 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
From Friday's photo-walk with Eddie Otchere and @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
A great weekend at the Northern Eye 👍
📷 Nikon FM3A - Lensbaby Muse
🎞️ Kodak TMAX 400 - Ilfotec HC
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
A great weekend at the Northern Eye 👍
📷 Nikon FM3A - Lensbaby Muse
🎞️ Kodak TMAX 400 - Ilfotec HC
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
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Last day at #NorthernEyeFestival and pleased to say I got my book signed by Derek Ridgers!
Thanks to everyone at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social for organising another fantastic festival.
#photography #cymru
Thanks to everyone at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social for organising another fantastic festival.
#photography #cymru
October 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Last day at #NorthernEyeFestival and pleased to say I got my book signed by Derek Ridgers!
Thanks to everyone at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social for organising another fantastic festival.
#photography #cymru
Thanks to everyone at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social for organising another fantastic festival.
#photography #cymru
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Great first day at Northern Eye Festival at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social, talking about photobooks and listening to Holly-Marie Cato, Peter Caton, Martin Parr and others. Looking forwards to hearing Margaret Mitchel and Kyle McDougall tomorrow
October 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Great first day at Northern Eye Festival at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social, talking about photobooks and listening to Holly-Marie Cato, Peter Caton, Martin Parr and others. Looking forwards to hearing Margaret Mitchel and Kyle McDougall tomorrow
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Thanks @orielcolwyn.bsky.social for a great day 1 of the North Eye photography festival.
Including an inspirational talk by the great Martin Parr.
To paraphrase Parr: the beauty of photograph is that you never know what you are going to get.
Here is young Parr with his dad.
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Including an inspirational talk by the great Martin Parr.
To paraphrase Parr: the beauty of photograph is that you never know what you are going to get.
Here is young Parr with his dad.
bit.ly/4o4h7PJ
October 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thanks @orielcolwyn.bsky.social for a great day 1 of the North Eye photography festival.
Including an inspirational talk by the great Martin Parr.
To paraphrase Parr: the beauty of photograph is that you never know what you are going to get.
Here is young Parr with his dad.
bit.ly/4o4h7PJ
Including an inspirational talk by the great Martin Parr.
To paraphrase Parr: the beauty of photograph is that you never know what you are going to get.
Here is young Parr with his dad.
bit.ly/4o4h7PJ
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I'm hoping to bring a set of printed sheets to @orielcolwyn.bsky.social in N.Wales and then perhaps, I hope an advance copy to show at BOP 2025 in Bristol.
You can pre-order a copy here:
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
You can pre-order a copy here:
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
September 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm hoping to bring a set of printed sheets to @orielcolwyn.bsky.social in N.Wales and then perhaps, I hope an advance copy to show at BOP 2025 in Bristol.
You can pre-order a copy here:
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
You can pre-order a copy here:
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
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Coming soon! A collaborative exhibition by Ethan Beswick, Rolf Kraehenbuehl and myself as part of @orielcolwyn.bsky.social ‘s Northern Eye International Photography Festival: What We Don’t See - Unless We Look. Displayed in Colwyn Bay Library from next weekend onwards.
September 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Coming soon! A collaborative exhibition by Ethan Beswick, Rolf Kraehenbuehl and myself as part of @orielcolwyn.bsky.social ‘s Northern Eye International Photography Festival: What We Don’t See - Unless We Look. Displayed in Colwyn Bay Library from next weekend onwards.
Exciting!
Full (double set) of sheets for 'The Edge of Ruin'.
Litho printed from 13 plates.
This set, when folded, gathered, cut, section sewn and bound, will make the books 136 pages and cover.
I will try to bring a set with me next weekend to THE NORTHERN EYE 2025 at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
Litho printed from 13 plates.
This set, when folded, gathered, cut, section sewn and bound, will make the books 136 pages and cover.
I will try to bring a set with me next weekend to THE NORTHERN EYE 2025 at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Exciting!
If you didn't manage to visit our last exhibition - here it is in some glorious 3d wizardry...
Dafydd Jones - Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay
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Dafydd Jones - Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay
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Explore Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay - Dafydd Jones in 3D
Matterport 3D Showcase.
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September 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you didn't manage to visit our last exhibition - here it is in some glorious 3d wizardry...
Dafydd Jones - Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay
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Dafydd Jones - Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay
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We loved your exhibition Steve!
Spring 2024 I was privileged to have a solo exhibit @orielcolwyn.bsky.social Including 100 photos taken from my book Coastal Encounters. My son Andrew and I made some amateur video footage of the exhibition, and I finally got round to putting it together.
#BelieveInFilm
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#BelieveInFilm
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Coastal Encounters at Oriel Colwyn
YouTube video by Stig Ofthedump (Stig)
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September 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We loved your exhibition Steve!
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August 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Tick Tock...
LAST FEW DAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK!!X
Be a part of this year's Northern Eye Photography Festival
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
August 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Tick Tock...
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Lovely to now be able to announce that the first showing of my new work 'The Edge of Ruin', will be as part of the exhibition programme for The Northern Eye Photography Festival 2025 run by @orielcolwyn.bsky.social in North Wales from October 1st-31st.
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/exhibition-2...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Lovely to now be able to announce that the first showing of my new work 'The Edge of Ruin', will be as part of the exhibition programme for The Northern Eye Photography Festival 2025 run by @orielcolwyn.bsky.social in North Wales from October 1st-31st.
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/exhibition-2...
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/exhibition-2...
Photographer Dafydd Jones talks about his favourite image in his new exhibition 'Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay' at the Oriel Colwyn Gallery, North Wales.
The show runs until 31st August 2025
Info: www.orielcolwyn.org/en/Exhibitio...
youtu.be/uXdVq3E7nwk
The show runs until 31st August 2025
Info: www.orielcolwyn.org/en/Exhibitio...
youtu.be/uXdVq3E7nwk
Dogs - Dafydd Jones at Oriel Colwyn
YouTube video by Oriel Colwyn
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August 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Photographer Dafydd Jones talks about his favourite image in his new exhibition 'Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay' at the Oriel Colwyn Gallery, North Wales.
The show runs until 31st August 2025
Info: www.orielcolwyn.org/en/Exhibitio...
youtu.be/uXdVq3E7nwk
The show runs until 31st August 2025
Info: www.orielcolwyn.org/en/Exhibitio...
youtu.be/uXdVq3E7nwk
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Be a part of this year's Northern Eye Photography Festival
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
Open Your Eyes - OPEN CALL - The Northern Eye Photography Festival - Oct 2025, Colwyn Bay, Wales. — The Northern Eye Photography Festival 2025
Northern Eye Photography Festival is thrilled to announce its first-ever open call for photographers — and we’d love you to be part of it.
Introducing OPEN YOUR EYES: a brand-new unmissable group exh...
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Be a part of this year's Northern Eye Photography Festival
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay - An exhibition by Dafydd Jones..
"I would photograph parties almost in a street photographer style"
youtu.be/I6MFSZCKS44
"I would photograph parties almost in a street photographer style"
youtu.be/I6MFSZCKS44
Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay by Dafydd Jones at Oriel Colwyn - Exhibition Introduction
YouTube video by Oriel Colwyn
youtu.be
August 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay - An exhibition by Dafydd Jones..
"I would photograph parties almost in a street photographer style"
youtu.be/I6MFSZCKS44
"I would photograph parties almost in a street photographer style"
youtu.be/I6MFSZCKS44
Be a part of this year's Northern Eye Photography Festival
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
Open Your Eyes - OPEN CALL - The Northern Eye Photography Festival - Oct 2025, Colwyn Bay, Wales. — The Northern Eye Photography Festival 2025
Northern Eye Photography Festival is thrilled to announce its first-ever open call for photographers — and we’d love you to be part of it.
Introducing OPEN YOUR EYES: a brand-new unmissable group exh...
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Be a part of this year's Northern Eye Photography Festival
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
Show us what you see..
Open Call
Free to Submit
www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/open-your-eyes
TONIGHT!
7PM (doors 6.30pm)
7PM (doors 6.30pm)
July 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
TONIGHT!
7PM (doors 6.30pm)
7PM (doors 6.30pm)
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The problem with going to photo jumbles like the one today at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social is you know you are going to buy something, otherwise what's the point of going 😅
July 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The problem with going to photo jumbles like the one today at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social is you know you are going to buy something, otherwise what's the point of going 😅
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A few of the 1st shots from my old Fuji S8100fd bridge camera that I reacquired at the @orielcolwyn.bsky.social Darkroom Clearout sale earlier today. Straight out of the camera, no edits. The colour image has no exposure compensation & shows some blown-out whites. -1 stop comp on the 2nd image.
July 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A few of the 1st shots from my old Fuji S8100fd bridge camera that I reacquired at the @orielcolwyn.bsky.social Darkroom Clearout sale earlier today. Straight out of the camera, no edits. The colour image has no exposure compensation & shows some blown-out whites. -1 stop comp on the 2nd image.
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Another memorable afternoon at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
An exhibition opening and talk by Dafydd Jones, focussing on his New York photography in and around the 1990’s.
(Also with a shout out to @unofphoto.bsky.social for some of Dafydd’s wider commissioned work).
An exhibition opening and talk by Dafydd Jones, focussing on his New York photography in and around the 1990’s.
(Also with a shout out to @unofphoto.bsky.social for some of Dafydd’s wider commissioned work).
July 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another memorable afternoon at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
An exhibition opening and talk by Dafydd Jones, focussing on his New York photography in and around the 1990’s.
(Also with a shout out to @unofphoto.bsky.social for some of Dafydd’s wider commissioned work).
An exhibition opening and talk by Dafydd Jones, focussing on his New York photography in and around the 1990’s.
(Also with a shout out to @unofphoto.bsky.social for some of Dafydd’s wider commissioned work).
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Another unmissable exhibition at Wales' groundbreaking and best photography gallery.
A must for anyone interested in outstanding photographs, New York - or both! @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
A must for anyone interested in outstanding photographs, New York - or both! @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Another unmissable exhibition at Wales' groundbreaking and best photography gallery.
A must for anyone interested in outstanding photographs, New York - or both! @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
A must for anyone interested in outstanding photographs, New York - or both! @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
FREE Photographer Talk and exhibition opening with DAFYDD JONES - This Saturday at 1pm
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July 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
FREE Photographer Talk and exhibition opening with DAFYDD JONES - This Saturday at 1pm
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