Book and Print Sales
Book & Print Sales
Original prints, books and exhibition catalogues are available from most of Pete's bodies of work. Black and white prints are fully archival, selenium toned silver / gelatin prints. Colour prints are chromogenic prints made on Fuji Crystal Archive paper. Pete is represented by Ffotogalleri y Gofeb and both his prints and books are available from them.
You can also buy signed books and catalogues directly from Pete at:
https://petedavisphotography.bigcartel.com
Great Little Tin Sheds of Wales'
-redux-
A new collection of the classic series from 1984. The original slim catalogue sold out almost immediately when published in 1984 and has become a collector's item.
This new publication contains a facsimile reprint of the original catalogue plus many additional images and so is a complete set of the original exhibition plus some never printed before.
There are also essays by Pete Davis, Geoff Young of Ffotogaleri y Gofeb and Susan Daniel-McElroy who, as director of the Ffotogallery Cardiff in 1984 organised the original exhibition.
'Cardiff 1969-1977'
Published by Cafe Royal Books
Edited by Craig Aktinson
More information here:
https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/wales/pete-davis-cardiff-19691977
'Great Little Tin Sheds of Wales'
Set of ten postcards.
Selected from the series, they are printed to a high standard. Gloss on the image side and with just the caption on the reverse.
'Cynara'
A collection of black and white images, all made over one season of concentrated photography from specimens of the plants that are all grown in Pete's garden. Some have been collected and kept for months or maybe years and some photographed either' in situ' or freshly cut.
They represent the many forms that a single plant species can adopt over a period of time.
A large format, 12" x 12" limited edition hardback book containing over fifty images. Each book comes with a 10" x 8" limited edition print. ISBN: 978-1-03-445631-5
Publication date to be announced.
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'Silentium'
A collection of both black and white and colour photographs made over several years. They are still life images of seed heads and plant forms collected over many years from Pete's garden. They 'live' in his studio for various periods of time until they change and reveal in some way, an aspect of their appearance that may go unnoticed or may usually be discarded. They represent ever changing aspects of the natural world in a way that allows us to scrutinise this and appreciate what very often is ignored or passed by.
A large format, 12" x 12" limited edition hardback book containing over fifty images. Each book comes with a 10" x 8" limited edition print. ISBN: 978-1-71-510923-3
Publication date to be announced.
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'The Expressive Land'
This collection of one hundred photographs has been drawn from several major bodies of work made over a period of thirty years. They reflect Pete Davis’ interest in the landscape and particularly the sometimes-intangible relationship with the land and those who have lived and worked within it for several millennia. These images draw upon many of the motifs that make up the climate and topography of the rural environment and attempt to illuminate, rather than illustrate the many ideas and feelings that passing through the landscape can bring to us.
A large format, 11" x 13" limited edition hardback book containing 100 photographs. Each book comes with a 10" x 8" limited edition print. ISBN: 978-1-71-499979-8
Publication date to be announced.
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'Innocence of Eye'
These photographs are not part of any of the major bodies of work that I have made over the years. They have been made while on my travels and closer to home and are a collection of observed moments that make up our existence.
I have always been acutely aware of those mini, unscripted scenarios that play out around me when i am navigating my surroundings, no matter where I am or for what purpose may have placed me there.
Documentary photographs, in addition to being a record of the moment, can become vehicles for the imagination.
A large format, 11" x 13" limited edition 50 page hardback book with dust jacket. ISBN: 978-1-71-506576-8
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City Stories - Photographs of Cardiff 1969-1977
This is the area where I grew up and went to school. These photographs were taken at a time when the city was changing. Many parts of the old city were being re-developed and making way for the new. This collection of photographs documents this transition at an important and interesting period in the history of a city.
These images formed part of a major touring exhibition supported by the Arts Council of Wales. A hardback book of the work, containing forty images, including additional images not printed or published before, was published on the occasion of Pete's major retrospective exhibition in 2017 ISBN:978-1-36-646006-6
Original prints from the series are available from Ffotogallery y Gofeb
Great Little Tin Sheds of Wales
The exhibition toured the UK for over two years with the support of the Ffotogallery Cardiff and the Arts Council of Wales. The original catalogue was soon out of print but a hardback book of the work containing forty one images, including additional images not printed or published before, was published on the occasion of Pete's major retrospective exhibition in 2017
ISBN: 978-1-639661-7
Original prints from the series are available from Ffotogallery y Gofeb
Celtic Light
This exhibition toured major galleries in the UK and Ireland for nearly three years. It was supported by the Welsh and Irish Arts Councils plus commercial sponsorship.
The original catalogue is long out of print but original prints from the series are available from Ffotogallery y Gofeb
Northern Light
This exhibition toured major galleries in the UK for nearly three years. It was supported by the Welsh Arts Council, Clwyd County Council plus commercial sponsorship.
The original catalogue - ISBN: 0-900-121-76-9 is long out of print but original prints from the series are available from Ffotogallery y Gofeb
Cader Idris
This body of work and exhibition consisted of two sections. The collection of silver / gelatin prints and a limited edition portfolio of platinum prints.
The exhibition toured the UK for over two years and was supported by the Arts Council of Wales, Aberystwyth University School of Art, the University of Wales, Newport and commercial sponsorship.
The original 48 page catalogue, with an essay on Richard Wilson by Pete and a foreword by Prof. Alistair Crawford, printed in duotone for the black and white prints and four colour for the platinum reproductions is now out of print. A very few of the signed, limited edition case bound copies are still available. ISBN:1-899095-08-X Original prints from the series, silver / gelatin and platinum, are available from Ffotogallery y Gofeb
Sardinia
A 32 page catalogue, ISBN: 1-899095-18-7 printed in duotone was produced to accompany this exhibition which toured the UK, Sardinia and Italy for over two years. It was supported by Wales Art International, Associazone Culturale Italia-Inghilitera; Centre for Photographic Research University of Wales, Newport; Aberystwyth University School of Art; Museo genna Maria, Sardinia and the Museum of Modern Art, Wales. The catalogue contained an essay by Prof Alistair Crawford.
A few catalogues are still available and original prints from the series can be obtained from Ffotogallery y Gofeb.
Wildwood
A major body of work taking in forests in both Wales and the USA. This exhibition toured for over four years and was seen in major venues in the UK, Ireland, Europe and the USA.
A 48 page full colour hardback book was published to accompany the exhibition by Lars Muller publishers, Switzerland.
ISBN:978-3-03778-142-5 with an essay by Conway Lloyd-Morgan.
Original chromogenic prints from the series can be obtained from Ffotogallery y Gofeb.
Village and Memorial Halls
Original chromogenic prints from this series can be obtained from Ffotogallery y Gofeb.
Cambrian Mountains
Sections of this ongoing and expanding body of work has been exhibited as part of the major retrospective exhibition at the National Library of Wales.
Original chromogenic prints from this series can be obtained from Ffotogallery y Gofeb.
Platinum Prints
One of only a very photographers to regularly produce platinum prints, this series, 'Stilled Lives', features plant and seed heads gathered from Pete's own garden and photographed at various stages of their change and decay.
Photographed on 10" x 8" film, they are contact printed on to Arches Platine 100% cotton rag paper, hand coated with platinum and palladium metals.
Prints from this series can be obtained from Ffotogallery y Gofeb.
Urban Documentary Images
Made outside of other bodies of work, when travelling at home and away, this series of photographs represent the insatiable curiosity for, and fascination with, the everyday.
Prints are made on gelatin / silver paper , archivally processed and selenium toned.
Prints from this series can be obtained from Ffotogallery y Gofeb.