Jon Pountney
@jonpountney1
ONLY AN EYE, BUT MY GOD WHAT AN EYE!
Do you run a theatre or somewhere that puts on performances? I've invested in lenses that let me get a bit closer to the action and I love doing work like this. Get in touch if you want me to to do some photography for you!
A huge thank you to everyone that came to my Port Talbot launch last night, and made it such a special event. I wasn't expecting such a big turn out! Watch this space as the project develops further, and if you have links to Port Talbot get in touch to find out how you can help the project!
It's pretty much on the wall folks! I prayed to Paul Nash, I drilled and screwed... And hopefully we'll be ready to welcome you to the Plaza in Port Talbot, from 6-8pm tomorrow! 'Steeling Ourselves, Port Talbot after the Blast Furnace', 31st July-14th August, The Plaza, Port Talbot
Handsome looking article in today's Western Mail all about my upcoming Port Talbot exhibition!
and transitions, examining themes of memory, resilience, identity, power and resistance.
in collaboration with leading researchers, launches on 31st July 2026 from 6pm–8pm at The Plaza, Port Talbot, before remaining open to the public until 14th August 2026. The exhibition forms part of the ground-breaking After the End research project, which explores how communities experience endings
If you like my work, you'll love this- please come along to the launch next Friday, 6-8pm in the Plaza, Port Talbot. Showing work from the first phase of my project: Steeling Ourselves: Reflections from Port Talbot After the Blast Furnace closure, created by acclaimed photographer Jon Pountney
A quick visit to the very sci-fi Stones of Margam 📡🛸. An Eisteddfod stone circle with Port Talbot Steelworks in the distance. Yes, I know my glasses are broken
In the shadow of the last Blast Furnaces in Port Talbot, knapweed covered with beautiful burnet moths yesterday
Today in Port Talbot I'll be showing work in the Plaza in Port Talbot, from my long running project on the town and the Steel Works, launching on Friday the 31st from 6-8pm.
A little bit about my coolest possession- my Super 8 camera #super8 #kodak #super8film
Reworked painting, Dungeness level crossing. It took me a year to get this one right! Oil on paper, approx 76cmx56cm, £400 (Plus detail shots- so hard to show the texture of paint on social media)
Reworked painting, Dungeness level crossing. It took me a year to get this one right! Oil on paper, approx 76cmx56cm, £400 (comment for details- I can't see messages on here)
A recent painting commission of the Skirrid mountain, from my friend @juderogers.bsky.social for her husband Dan. Happy birthday Dan!
More new images from a project in dialogue with the photography of Paul Nash. It's about transience, chronic illness and surreality, and all shot on my Ross Ensign Selfix 820 Special Aldeburgh and Orford Quay (visited by Nash)
From our holiday in Suffolk, and part of some new work in dialogue with Paul Nash
The only man I know that can pull off a white vest in the Rhondda, @callumshowells.bsky.social, in his homecoming showing of 'Mad Fabulous' as part of Rhondda Arts Festival in the Park and Dare, Treorchy on Saturday night. A lovely vibe!
Absolutely LOVE these takes on my photos by fellow artists (instagram handles) @radicalrhymes1 and @aguycalledminty, on show in Hot Gossip in Treorchy! On show today and Sunday as part of the brilliant Rhondda Arts Festival
The Mid-Western vibe you suddenly get in South Wales sometimes- looks like No Country for Old Men
This Friday at 6pm in Treorchy Library I'll be talking about my work in the Valleys, and will be getting 'out' some of my much less seen work on film. Come along and have a chat! www.raft.cymru/in-conversat...
Matthew Rhys just before 'Playing Burton' in Bethel Chapel, Pontrhydyfen last year
and gathering testimonials from the local people of Port Talbot to ensure that local voices inform future decision-making. The Voices of Port Talbot project was supported by the Wellcome Trust grant 225238/Z/22/Z, Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Exeter.