05/08/2026
Quiet Observations: The Landscapes of Wales
Mohamed Hassan
https://orielcolwyn.org/en/Exhibitions/Quiet-Observations-The-Landscapes-of-Wales.aspx
NEW EXHIBITION
Oriel Colwyn 15/08/26 - 26/09/26
For photographer Mohamed Hassan, landscape is not simply a subject to be documented, but a place to return to. Originally from Alexandria, Egypt, and now based in Pembrokeshire, his experience of Wales has been shaped by years of walking its coastlines, mountains and valleys, allowing familiarity to replace first impressions. Across his wider photographic practice, Hassan is interested in themes of place, identity and belonging; in Quiet Observations, those ideas are explored through the landscape itself.
This exhibition turns particular attention towards North Wales—a region of dramatic contrasts, where mountains meet coast, ancient paths cross working land, and weather continually reshapes the character of the landscape. From the quiet edges of rural communities to the vast openness of upland spaces, Hassan’s photographs reveal a Wales that is both timeless and constantly changing.
These photographs do not attempt to explain Wales. Instead, they listen to it.
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I’r ffotograffydd Mohamed Hassan, nid dim ond pwnc i’w gofnodi yw tirwedd, ond mae’n lle i ddychwelyd iddo. Daw Mohamed o Alexandria, yr Aifft, yn wreiddiol, ac mae’n seiliedig yn Sir Benfro bellach. Mae ei brofiad o Gymru wedi’i ffurfio gan flynyddoedd o gerdded ar hyd morlinau, mynyddoedd a dyffrynnoedd y wlad, gan ganiatáu i gynefindra ddisodli argraffiadau cyntaf. Ar draws ei arfer ffotograffaidd ehangach, mae gan Hassan ddiddordeb mewn themâu lle, hunaniaeth a pherthyn; yn Quiet Observations, caiff y syniadau hynny eu harchwilio trwy’r dirwedd ei hun.
Mae’r arddangosfa hon yn rhoi sylw penodol ar ogledd Cymru – rhanbarth o wrthgyferbyniadau dramatig, lle mae’r mynyddoedd yn cwrdd â’r arfordir, llwybrau hynafol yn croesi tir gweithio, a’r tywydd yn parhau i ailffurfio cymeriad y dirwedd. O ymylon tawel cymunedau gwledig i natur agored eang mannau ucheldir mae ffotograffau Hassan yn datgelu Cymru ddiamser sy’n newid yn gyson.
Nid ceisio egluro Cymru mae’r ffotograffau hyn. Yn hytrach, maen nhw’n gwrando arni.
https://orielcolwyn.org/cy/Exhibitions/Quiet-Observations-The-Landscapes-of-Wales.aspx
