Posted: Sat 30th Apr 2016

A Conversation with Wrexham Photographer Colin Thomas

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This article is old - Published: Saturday, Apr 30th, 2016

The subject of nostalgia and community events in Wrexham from days gone by are set to be the focal point of an upcoming event with a Wrexham photographer.

Photographer Colin Thomas will be in Oriel Wrecsam on Thursday 5th May for an event which will discuss his style of photography with Thomas Dukes curator at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool.

Colin is currently displaying photographs as part of the final ‘Harness your Hiraeth’ exhibition on display at Periclo, part of Oriel Wrecsam’s current exhibition space close to the People’s Market in Wrexham town centre.

The exhibition will be on display until until Saturday 18th June.

‘Harness your Hiraeth’ centres on nostalgia, or a longing for a home to which you cannot return. Colin’s photographs at the exhibition date back to the 1980s and show local scenes of carnivals and parades that are no longer a familiar sight in Wrexham’s communities.

The photographs were originally exhibited in 1984 at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool.

The “Colin Thomas in Conversation” takes place at Oriel Wrecsam, 11 – 12 Chester Street, Wrexham at 6.00 pm and it is free to attend but prior booking is essential.

Please contact 01978 292093 to book your place.



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