Geraint Rowland Photography Exhibited at the Praxis Gallery

One of my travel photographs is currently being exhibited in the Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, USA. The Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center is a non-profit community-based arts organisation that aims to support the development of new and emerging photographic artists. The Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Centre regularly holds ‘Open Call’ events which are followed by an international juried photography exhibition. I entered my image, ‘Here Comes the Sun’, to the ‘Animal Beings’ exhibition which was guest curated by Laura Valenti. Click through the slideshow to view photos from the exhibition at the Praxis Gallery:

'Here Comes the Sun' image by Geraint Rowland

Praxis Photo Art Centre & Gallery

Animal Beings, a guest curated exhibit by Laura Valentini.

The Animal Beings exhibition is a celebration of the astonishing beauty and diversity found in the animal world. Praxis Gallery Presents photographic art works that showcase animals’ inner beauty, strength, character, resiliency, and wisdom. Compassionate images of companion animals, wild animals, farm animals, insects, and fish are all heartily featured - showcasing the very best of furry, scaly, feathery photographs!

I have always enjoyed taking images of animals on my travels so had plenty in my portfolio to choose from. I also enjoy taking silhouette style images, and I thought this minimalist artistic style of image would suit the theme of the gallery well. I was honoured to receive the ‘Directors Choice Award’ for my selected image. I took the silhouetted image of the camel in the Thar Desert in the Northern state of Rajasthan in India.

More of my travel photography can be found on my website, Instagram, Facebook Page and my Flickr account. If you are interested in writing a guest travel or photography blog for my website please send me an email to discuss. Likewise if you are interested in buying one of my travel images please send me an email: geraintrowlandphotography@gmail.com.

London Photo Festival 'Womanhood' Competition Finalist & Exhibition

One of my Cuban travel portraits will soon be exhibited in London as part of the London Photo Festival 'Womanhood' competition. I was delighted to be one of ten finalists chosen to be involved with the upcoming exhibition, the images are currently being printed and will be exhibited for six months on the London Photo Festival Fence in the grounds of Marble Hill House, Twickenham from 1st October. My selected image was of this beautiful Cuban lady I captured on a trip to Havana a few years ago:

London Photo Festival 'Womanhood' Finalist

London Photo Festival Winner - Geraint Rowland Photography

Black & White Cuban Portrait by Geraint Rowland

Geraint Rowland is a photographer from Cardiff, Wales, UK. He specialises predominantly in travel based photography, capturing people around the World often in a candid manner. He likes to showcase the beauty which he believes can be found everywhere. He became interested in photography ten years ago and took a couple of introductory courses in Cardiff. He has exhibited his photography in Cardiff and London in the UK, and Lima in Peru. He has had over one hundred photographs published in newspapers and magazines. He licences his photographs via Getty images and sells large abstract images through a gallery in London. He has spent a large part of the last ten years travelling and living in other countries including: Peru, Senegal, India and Mexico. He is available for photographic work especially if there is travel involved!

The photograph in the 'Womanhood' exhibition was taken on a trip to Cuba three years ago. I spent two weeks in the Capital, Havana exploring the streets everyday and taking hundreds of images. On the last day I decided to take some portraits of the beautiful Cuban people. I took the portrait in natural light with a large depth of field using my favourite lens, a 50mm. I love the flowers in her hair, the classic Cuban cigar and the interest in her gaze. I highly recommend visiting Cuba, it is a photographer's dream. I won a competition for Wanderlust Magazine with another Cuban image taken on the same trip. The other great photographs to be exhibited can be viewed on the London Photo Festival’s Facebook page here.

More of my travel photography can be found on my website, Instagram, Facebook Page and my Flickr account. If you are interested in writing a guest travel or photography blog for my website please send me an email to discuss. Likewise if you are interested in purchasing any of my travel or abstract images, please send me an email: geraintrowlandphotography@gmail.com.  

Travels Around Morocco (Photo Essay for Dezine Magazine)

Morocco is one of my favourite places to visit and is excellent for photography.  It has a variety of landscapes from the rocky coastline, empty deserts, snow capped mountains, and bustling towns & cities.  The people are friendly, the food delicious and the travel is cheap.  For people in the UK I always think of Morocco as being the closest place that you can fly to that has the biggest cultural differences to home. This blog was published as a photojournal for the online magazine Dezine.  Click through the slideshow below to view my travel photographs taken around Morocco:

Sunset over Jemaa el-Fnaa, the main square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter.

Berbers, are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa. Three locals enjoying the view from their backyard in the Atlas Mountains.

Locals playing on the beach at Casablanca while the sun sets. A silhouette style image.

The Hassan II Mosque or Grande Mosquée Hassan II is on the coastline of Casablanca and is the largest mosque in Morocco.

Nature and solitude in front of the Atlantic Ocean on the coastline close to the city of Rabat.

A bodyboarder heads to the beach for a surf in Kenitra in the North of Morocco.

A local enjoys the view of the coastline from the colourful cliffs of Rabat.

The first time arriving in Morroco can be a bit of a culture shock!  Marrakech for example is an ambush on the senses: street performers approach you with snakes and monkeys, dark twisting alleyways entice you until you get lost and a constant buzz seems to radiate throughout the city.  However, it is good fun, safe and always makes for interesting experiences.  A few years ago I returned to Morocco for a couple of weeks with a friend.  Starting in Marrakech we moved on to the Atlas Mountains for some solitude before heading to the coastline and visiting the cities of Casablanca, Rabat, Kenitra and Meknes. Below is a description of the photos in the slideshow above in the order they are seen with links to the individual images on my Flickr account:

1.  Golden hour at Jemaa el-Fnaa, the main square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter.

2.  Berbers, are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa.  Three locals enjoying the view from their backyard in the Atlas Mountains.

3.  Locals play on the beach at Casablanca while the sun sets.

4.  The Hassan II Mosque or Grande Mosquée Hassan II is on the coastline of Casablanca and is the largest mosque in Morocco.  

5.  A man enjoys nature and solitude in front of the Atlantic Ocean on the coastline close to the city of Rabat.

6.  A bodyboarder heads to the beach for a surf in Kenitra in the North of Morocco.

7.  A local enjoys the view of the coastline from the colourful cliffs of Rabat.

I have written several previous travel photo essays for Dezine which can be found on their website. More of my travel photography can be found on my website, my Instagram, my Facebook and my Flickr account. If you are interested in purchasing any prints, using an image online or collaborating in any way please email: geraintrowlandphotography@gmail.com.