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


'Innocence of Eye'


A new, expanded and revised perfect bound, paperback edition of the original limited edition hardback book. 210mm x 210mm. with  68 pages and many more images  than the original, now out of print book.


Features many of Pete's urban documentary photographs from the U.K., Europe and the U.S.A. Not specifically tied to a particular body of work but reflects Pete's observations, interest and sometimes surreal and whimsical visual reflections of life around him.


Signed copies available from Pete's Big Cartel page.

https://petedavisphotography.bigcartel.com





'The Expressive Land'


A new, expanded and revised perfect bound, paperback edition of the original limited edition hardback book. 210mm x 210mm. Over 100 pages with many more images  than the original, now out of print book.


Features images from the U.K., Ireland and Sardinia collated and selected from a number of Pete's major bodies of landscape work over period of 30 years.


Signed copies available from Pete's Big Cartel page.

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'Cader Idris'

A new, expanded and revised perfect bound, paperback edition of the original limited edition book. 210mm x 210mm 76 pages with many more images than the original, now out of print book.


Contains the original introduction by Prof. Alistair Crawford, who was professor of art at Aberystwyth University School of Art and supported this work and the original publication.


The new book also contains the original extended essay by Pete Davis on Richard Wilson and his seminal painting of the mountain made in 1765.


Signed copies available from Pete's Big Cartel page.

https://petedavisphotography.bigcartel.com



'Silentium'


A new, expanded and revised perfect bound, paperback edition of the original hardback limited edition book. 210mm x 210mm 80 pages with many more images than the original publication.


The photographs are all of plant specimens gathered from Pete's garden over a period of many years. Most are collected when they may be considered to be past their traditionally 'beautiful' and not at their horticultural best. However, they represent both the ever changing weather and seasonal conditions, and present the plant forms in ways that truly reflect their full life and evolution.


Signed copies available from Pete's Big Cartel page.

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'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.


Signed copies available from Pete's Big Cartel page.

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'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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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.