Wales On Sunday

PICTURE PERFECT

- KATIE SANDS Reporter katie.sands@walesonlin­e.co.uk

HE WANTED to show off the beauty of a Welsh market town and its surroundin­g area – and part-time photograph­er Glenn GamesonBur­rows has certainly done that. What started off as a hobby, after his wife Angharad bought him a camera more than three years ago, has now turned into a new venture for Glenn, including photograph­ing Abergavenn­y and the landscape around the Monmouthsh­ire town.

The images, shown here, capture both the majestic landscape around the town and charming interactio­ns in Abergavenn­y itself.

The snaps are the product of three years’ work in a bid to show how beautiful Abergavenn­y is – with his six-year-old daughter Ffion also accompanyi­ng him on photograph­y walks, too.

On how the gift of a camera from his wife has given him a new passion, Glenn, who specialise­s in wedding, portrait and landscape photograph­y, and enjoys documentar­y photograph­y too, said: “If she didn’t give it to me, I wouldn’t be doing it now.

“Within a couple of days, I was going up the mountains taking photos.

“I’ve spent just over three years taking images of Abergavenn­y and some surroundin­g areas and have recently, over the last eight months or so, started photograph­ing Abergavenn­y town also.”

Glenn – who works at Nevill Hall Hospital – lived in Abergavenn­y for nine years before recently settling in Great Oak, a few miles away. Originally from Blackwood, he said: “I fell in love with the area. When I took up photograph­y three and a half years ago I decided to explore Abergavenn­y, its landscape and meet the people of Aber.

“My aim was to obviously get better at photograph­y but also to show off Abergavenn­y’s beauty. I’ve never had any problems or issues photograph­ing people here and am lucky to have met so many great people and fellow photograph­ers.

“The reaction to my images has been very positive and it helps that Facebook pages such as ‘Love Abergavenn­y’ share my work, which in turn promotes my photograph­y and the town.”

Glenn said he aims to publish a photo book of the landscape and streets of Abergavenn­y in the future – which will hopefully include some of daughter Ffion’s photograph­s too. He will continue to document the town and its events until then.

 ?? GLENN GB PHOTOGRAPH­Y ?? Some of the views in and around Abergavenn­y taken by Glenn Gameson-Burrows
GLENN GB PHOTOGRAPH­Y Some of the views in and around Abergavenn­y taken by Glenn Gameson-Burrows

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