- Title:
- Campanile U.C.W., Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth 1980
- Object name(s):
- Photography; Modern architecture, Penglais Campus, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Brief description:
- Modern architecture, Penglais Campus, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; foreground, on the right, a stairwell and the concrete facade of the Great Hall; middleground, a student? walking on an open paved area, a tall campanile / chimney and the Student Union; background, buildings in Aberystwyth. The sun is positioned at the top of the campanile and casts a shadow toward the viewer. Black and white image with a range of tones
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1986
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 201
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 253
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, verso) 1980 FP4 Nikon 20mm orange filter D76 1:1 Resin
- Material:
- Silver print on Agfa resin coated gloss paper
- Object name:
- Photography; Modern architecture, Penglais Campus, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Object number:
- PH399
- Object production date:
- 1980
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1980
- Date - latest:
- 1980
- Object production person:
- Gwyn Martin
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Photographer. After leaving school he served in the Second World War as a navigator in the RAF. He partook in 50 bombing raids in Europe until shot down in Norway in 1942 whereafter he was held for two and a half years in the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III. After the war he trained as a pharmacist and played rugby for Cardiff. From 1948 he became a partner in his father-in-law\'s chemist shop, Taylor Lloyd Ltd., in Aberystwyth. He was a member of the Aberystwyth Camera Club, serving as President from 1958, and photographed people, places and natural forms in and around Aberystwyth and also in South Africa. His autobiography, from 1939-1945, \'Up and Under\', was published in 1989 and the photo book \'A Stroll around the Harbour\' was published in 2004.
- Person's birth date:
- 1921
- Person's death date:
- 2001
- Person's forenames:
- Gwyn
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Rhondda, Penygraig
- Person's place of death:
- Aberystwyth
- Person's surname:
- Martin
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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