Many readers of this blog will be familiar with the work of Daniel Meadows. He was founder and creative director of BBC Capture Wales and teaches digital storytelling module at Cardiff University. Before this, he was a well-known documentary photographer.
There are retrospective views of his work coming soon:
1. in the form of a new book called “Daniel Meadows: Edited Photographs from the 70s and 80s” by Val Williams. Published by Photoworks.
2. in an exhibition at the National Media Museum, Bradford, called “Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works” curated by Val Williams. It runs from 30th September 2011 – 19th February 2012.
Daniel has just published a video setting the scene, where he explains how he became a kind of “mediator for other people’s stories”. He also explains how he was drawn to digital storytelling because it’s “a kind of access-level but nevertheless elegant form that people can learn quickly”.
Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works from National Media Museum on Vimeo.
If you’d like to know more about Daniel and the retrospectives, and you live in the UK, buy the Financial Times on Saturday 3rd September 2011 for an eight-page preview in the FT Magazine.
As someone who’s admired Daniel’s work and ethos for many years, it’s great to see his work getting a wider airing this year.