Offline Journal Newsletter Brian Carroll

Hello again!
The audio clip at the top of this newsletter is a 6 minute taster I recorded with photographer Pete Davis on a ‘walk n talk’ around Found Gallery in Brecon on the first day of his City Stories: Cardiff 1969 - 1977 exhibition earlier this week.This is a must-see exhibition on both floors at Found Gallery - well worth a visit!The complete recording will posted on the Subscriber+ area of the offline.wales website early next week.

NEW Offline Journal Subscriptions
It’s been a busy few months but you have now seen the result in the new issue #008 of Offline Journal. If you bought a copy, thank you, I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as the featured talented contributors and I enjoyed pulling it together.
Speaking of which…
I’m pleased to announce Subscriptions are now available for the next two issues of Offline Journal and I hope you might consider supporting the publication through one of two Subscription offers below.Subscriber support ensures each new issue goes off to the printers, so thank you in advance if you do Subscribe!
Brian

1. Subscriber
First, a normal Subscription secures a copy of both issues #009 (October 2022) and #010 (April 2023) inclusive of post & packing and a short monthly email Newsletter. There’s a slight twist this year as I’m responding to a few requests for starting a 2-issue subscription for issues #008 and #009, however this will only last as long as copies of issue #008 remain in stock.
1 x issue #008 (April 2022) and 1 x issue #009 (October 2022)or1 x issue #009 (October 2022) and 1 x issue #010 (April 2023)
Subscriber : £27.00
2. Subscriber Plus
Next, the popular Subscriber+ option, which again secures a copy of the next two issues but also includes the limited edition printed supplements and more in-depth monthly email Newsletter, returns in a slightly modified form.
Secure a copy of issues #009 and #010
PLUS
• 1 x FOLIO exhibition poster (A2-size folded to A4)
• 1 x Offline Essay featuring new writing on photography (8-page A4)
• SUBSCRIBER+ access to new website interviews & content
• SUBSCRIBER+ enhanced Newsletter to your email inbox monthly
FOLIO poster will be included with Offline Journal October issue.Offline Essay will be included as a supplement with Offline Journal April issue.Post and packing included.
Subscriber+ : £45.00
Offline FOLIO
Offline FOLIO exhibition posters – a collaboration with selected photographers and small galleries – have proven popular since they started but, despite being deceptively simple, are relatively expensive to produce. However I think they’re worth doing as a small acknowledgement of indie exhibitions, so they will continue but now come as a supplement to the October issue of the Journal for Subscriber+ supporters (look out for the next one when issue #009 is published and launched at The EYE Festival this October in Aberystwyth).
Offline Essays
Offline Essays will also continue as a Subscriber+ supplement. I think they’re a good format for photographers/writers to articulate their thinking on contemporary photography or, as demonstrated in the most recent essay by Garry Stuart, linking past and present work for new audiences. Going forward, Offline Essays will be a supplement to the April issue of the Journal and now have eight pages to include a few more photographs alongside text.
Offline Newsletter & Website
The Subscriber+ Newsletter provides those supporters with updates on photography around Wales between the April & October printed issues of Offline Journal and starting June there will be an expanded version each month plus more new materials posted monthly on the Subscriber+ area of the offline.wales website.
Access to Subscriber versions of the email Newsletter and content on the supporter area of the website remain active for the duration of any paid Offline Journal Subscription.
Photography Exhibitions & Events
Here’s a list of exhibitions shared with me.Again, if you’re aware of any

Pier Closing Time:A journey through North Wales
This Newsletter is later than I'd hoped as I've been busy with interviews and research for the sixth issue of Offline Journal to be published in early April. Hopefully the audio interview included here will make up for that.
When we were putting together The Photobook & Wales issue of Offline Journal, myself and Ellie Hopkins who co-edited that issue were aware many books and zines wouldn't make it in due to space limitations but we did try hard to include a mention for new and recent titles. However, a book that slipped past us is the one featured in this interview - PIER CLOSING TIME by photographer Michael Bennett.
Published in November 2020 by Cow On The Roof Press, this book of photographs is described as “a bitter-sweet portrait of seaside resorts in and out of season” shot across north Wales in 1979.
It was a pleasure to speak with Michael and hear the story of his career, the work in north Wales, a resulting exhibition in 1980 that didn’t turn out as planned - and his admirable efforts to share the work as a self-published photobook forty years later. My thanks to Martin Parr for introducing us.
I hope you enjoy listening.
Copies of the book and a selection of high quality prints can be ordered direct from Michael’s website www.cowontheroofpress.com

All images © Michael Bennett. Used here with permission.
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Happy New Year!
Well, 2020 is behind us.Let’s hope 2021 offers a return to some kind of normality to make, see and discuss photography with and amongst friends.
This first Newsletter of the New Year continues the series of our ongoing online articles linked to issue #005 of Offline Journal with a focus on the Photobook & Wales, and it’s a great pleasure to kick off the New Year with an exclusive conversation with Dan Wood about his new book, available for pre-order from today.Enjoy listening to the audio at the top of this page!
Five fruit baskets of miscellaneous
Photographer Dan Wood discusses his new photobook ‘Black was the river, you see’ (now available for pre-order) and on creating some semblance of order in his extensive film archive shot over 25 years.
Ellie Hopkins and Brian Carroll talked with Dan before Christmas about the new photobook - available for pre-order from Kozu Books today. It marks a milestone as the final title in a trilogy exploring Dan's personal relationship with Bridgend and the south Wales Valleys.
We also discuss his current distraction of archiving film negatives of his photography spanning twenty five years.
You can see a selection of images from the project on Dan’s website - www.danwoodphoto.com/blackwastheriver
Also follow his latest adventures with Photobookjunkies - an online store offering new and second hand Photobooks curated by Dan.
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Two new audio conversations on photobooks from Wales…
I hope you had a relaxing Christmas - it may well go down as one of the strangest.
As Hogmanay and 2021 are almost upon us, this Newsletter’s discussions on photography books from Wales (that extend the titles covered in issue #005 of the printed Offline Journal) continue with one featured here and another in a special Newsletter coming on New Years Day.
Keep an eye on your email inbox on 1st January!
Police Kicking Kids Collective & their new Zine
Brian Carroll and Gareth Phillips talk with an interesting new photographer Collective comprising eleven students from the Documentary Photography course at the University of South Wales - listen to the audio clip above.
Taking inspiration for their name from a quote by Tish Murtha who studied with David Hurn on the same course back in the 1980's, three members - Laurie Broughton, Ross Gardner and Nate Davies - discuss forming the Collective, its intended approach to making work and producing their first photo zine during Covid Lockdown in 2020.
Check out their website at www.policekickingkids.com to purchase a copy of the new 72-page zine.
And follow the Collective’s progress on their Instagram feed: @police.kicking.kids
PKK members are: Laurie Broughton, Ross Gardner, Nate Davies, Alice Durham, Tom Cronin, Teifi Davies, Sam Hunter, Tanya McGeever, Johan Buch, Curtis Hughes and Steve Bell.
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The very many photobooks of Gareth Phillips.
Professional photographer Gareth Phillips discusses his own approach to exploring the synergy of image, ink on paper and, more recently, installation.
Next in a series of articles related to issue #005 of Offline Journal focussing on the Photobook & Wales, it’s a great pleasure to feature the above conversation between Ellie Hopkins, Brian Carroll and Gareth Phillips who works in commercial and international editorial work - most recently covering the Covid-19 Vaccine roll-out in the UK for the Wall Street Journal.
Gareth has a long-running passion for experimenting with his own personal photography projects in book form. Have a listen!
www.garethphillipsphotography.comOn Instagram: @garethphillips_

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Above: Gallery owner Andra Milsome discusses ehibitions and photobooks with Offline’s Brian Carroll
Thru The Lens Gallery
Pandemic exhibitions & publishing photobooks
As covered in the printed issue #005 of Offline Journal, photographers in Wales have been creative in documenting different takes on the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown restrictions. Thru The Lens Gallery in Hay-on-Wye was also creative in exhibiting unique work by two NHS clinical staff - Glenn Dene and David Collyer - on the frontline of the pandemic and both also talented photographers who (in the links above) discussed their work earlier this year with Ffoton on their YouTube channel.
Now on the walls at Thru The Lens Gallery in Hay-on Wye is John Bulmer’s ‘A Very English Village’ exhibition which first featured on the cover and a feature article in the 21 August 1966 issue of The Sunday Times Magazine supplement. In addition to a selection of framed prints, the exhibition also includes some fascinating tear-sheets of the Sunday Times magazine cover and spreads.
As can be heard in the recorded conversation with Andra, creative thinking and collaboration with photographers has allowed Thru The Lens Gallery to experiment with new, short-run photobook publishing as way of generating revenue to keep the gallery doors open and explore new exhibition opportunities.
I take my hat off to Andra and Billie: for a small indie photography gallery that just turned a year old in the thick of a global pandemic, they’ve been doing a fantastic job of exhibiting photography in a great gallery space, in self-published photobooks and online via their Instagram feed and new website. Be sure to visit them in Hay soon!You can follow them on Instagram @thruthelens_gallery and check out their new website for the latest news on exhibitions and explore their online photo bookshopwww.thruthelens.photography
Music by wataboi from pixabay.com
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