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A Gwynedd photographer works with Victorian techniques (UK)

A Gwynedd-based artist is developing his passion for Victorian era black and white photography.

After initial experiments with more up-to-date technology, Richard Cynan Jones, is using technology developed by photographers in the 1850s.

Based at Mynydd Llandygai, near Bangor, the artist is concentrating on character portraits, lugging his large box camera, and on-site developing equipment with him.





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