THEATR Brycheiniog in Brecon is the latest venue to host Diamond People, a photographic exhibition that celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Brecon Beacons National Park. After opening last week, the exhibition is on show in the theatre’s Andrew Lamont Gallery until November 20.
Diamond People features portraits of a handful of the people who have made a difference in the Brecon Beacons. The National Park Authority commissioned local photographer Billie Charity to take the photos which are all set in the landscape of the Brecon Beacons. Billie ventured down into caves and up onto the mountains for the exhibition photographs.
Among those photographed are the Brecon Mountain Rescue Team on a training exercise in the Central Beacons, and Elizabeth Daniel, owner of Brecon Beacons Holiday Cottages. Also captured are the Nepalese Community Footpath Group, working on the Gurkha Path, while National Trust Rangers who look after the central Beacons, including Pen y Fan, can be seen taking a break on a stone wall. Rob Davies MBE, a British Paralympic gold medallist table tennis player, is photographed in the town of Talgarth where he grew up and conservation grazier Helen Roderick is pictured with one of the highland cattle she and her husband farm on the Allt, high up in the Usk Valley.
Chairman of Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Mel Doel said: “The exhibition celebrates the wide variation of people and businesses that are connected to the Beacons, all contributing to the National Park in some way, making it the very special place it is today.”
Punch Maughan, visual arts coordinator at Theatr Brycheiniog, said: “The incredible landscape, heritage and economy of the Brecon Beacons is integral to everything we do here, and it therefore feels entirely appropriate that we can host this photographic exhibition to celebrate the Park’s 60th anniversary.”
The Andrew Lamont Gallery is open during normal theatre opening hours.