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, Swansea, 1998
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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
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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 websit
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www.patrickellisfeatures.com
Email:
Patrick Ellis
8 Montpellier Terrace,
Mount Pleasant,
Swansea,
SA1 6JW
UK
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Shearing in the Swansea Valley, 2001
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