Mark Edwards discusses 'Countless Edens' his current exhibition of photographs of the house and garden of the late writer Ronald Blythe, with Artist & gardener Jevan Watkins Jones.

Jevan will be speaking with Mark about his relationship to Ronald and the garden at Bottengoms; the camera as mediator; Mark’s artistic and technical processes and the idea of absence, loss and the lament in nature.

Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards was born in 1965. He studied photography at De Montfort University, Leicester between 1997–98, since when he has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions in the UK. Shows include 'These Valued Landscapes', a group exhibition at Oriel Davies Gallery, Powys (2008–09); and 'Disturbances', a solo show at BCA Gallery, Bedford (2005). In 2008 Edwards participated in the Fourth Lianzhou International Photo Festival in China, with a joint exhibition shared with Nadav Kander. Works by Edwards are represented in the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London, as well as several private collections. In 2007 he was commissioned by the V&A to produce The V&A 150th Anniversary Album. Recent exhibitions include 'The Ground on Which We Walk' at the Waterfront Gallery, University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich and 'Island Stories; Fifty Years of Photography in Britain', V & A Museum, London (both 2013). His exhibition at the Minories runs until 11 February 2024.

Jevan Watkins Jones

Watkins Jones’s work crosses the fields of drawing and horticulture; his routines as a gardener are bound up in the material of his images. His distinct social practice draws on life’s processes and the seasons of the garden to explore issues faced by individuals and communities. He is the founder of the Chatto Art Group who meet monthly at Beth Chatto Gardens; an Honorary Associate at Cuckoo Farm Studios and a Trustee of The Minories.

This talk is in a downstairs room at the Minories, and will include a powerpoint presentation with photographs from the exhibition. The exhibition itself is upstairs at the Minories and is accessed via stairs.