Third Floor Gallery
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Third Floor Gallery is an independent charitable photography gallery located in Cardiff Bay
, Cardiff
, Wales
, UK. It opened in 2010 and predominantly, though not exclusively, focuses on documentary photography. The gallery is run by photographers Maciej Dakowicz
, Joni Karanka and Bartosz Nowicki.
The gallery is self-run and self-financed. Volunteers help staff the gallery. Rather than being grant funded, the gallery is financed through a variety of grassroots sources - financial donations from visitors; some of those involved in its running auction off their own photographic work; donations solicited via requests posted to Twitter and facebook; and the author of each exhibition donates an object from or related to it that is auctioned off.
Among the photographers that have exhibited there are Peter Dench, Chris Steele-Perkins
, Jocelyn Bain Hogg , Carolyn Drake , David Hurn
, Rob Hornstra
and David Solomons
.
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff Bay is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the United Kingdom. The Bay is supplied by two rivers to form a freshwater lake round the...
, Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, UK. It opened in 2010 and predominantly, though not exclusively, focuses on documentary photography. The gallery is run by photographers Maciej Dakowicz
Maciej Dakowicz
Maciej Dakowicz is a Polish street photographer, photojournalist and gallerist. Dakowicz is from Białystok in North East Poland. He studied computer science in Poland and at the University of Glamorgan ....
, Joni Karanka and Bartosz Nowicki.
The gallery is self-run and self-financed. Volunteers help staff the gallery. Rather than being grant funded, the gallery is financed through a variety of grassroots sources - financial donations from visitors; some of those involved in its running auction off their own photographic work; donations solicited via requests posted to Twitter and facebook; and the author of each exhibition donates an object from or related to it that is auctioned off.
Among the photographers that have exhibited there are Peter Dench, Chris Steele-Perkins
Chris Steele-Perkins
Christopher Horace Steele-Perkins is a British photographer and member of Magnum Photos, best known for his depiction of Africa, Afghanistan, England, and Japan.-Life and career:...
, Jocelyn Bain Hogg , Carolyn Drake , David Hurn
David Hurn
David Hurn, born July 21, 1934, in Redhill, Surrey, England of Welsh descent, is a documentary photographer and member of Magnum Photos.-Career:...
, Rob Hornstra
Rob Hornstra
Rob Hornstra is a Dutch photographer and self-publisher of documentary work, particularly of areas of the former Soviet Union.- Career :...
and David Solomons
David Solomons (Photographer)
David Solomons is a British street photographer.Solomons predominantly photographs in London, England and is a well known contemporary street photographer along with Matt Stuart, Nick Turpin and Maciej Dakowicz....
.
Exhibitions
- 13 February - 7 March 2010 - LoveUK by Peter Dench
- 12 March - 4 April 2010 - Up West by David SolomonsDavid Solomons (Photographer)David Solomons is a British street photographer.Solomons predominantly photographs in London, England and is a well known contemporary street photographer along with Matt Stuart, Nick Turpin and Maciej Dakowicz....
- 10 April - 16 May 2010 - Muse by Jocelyn Bain Hogg
- 21 May - 6 June 2010 - ffotoCardiff group exhibition
- 11 June - 11 July 2010 - For Love of the Game by Chris Steele-PerkinsChris Steele-PerkinsChristopher Horace Steele-Perkins is a British photographer and member of Magnum Photos, best known for his depiction of Africa, Afghanistan, England, and Japan.-Life and career:...
- 17 July - 22 August 2010 - Paradise Rivers by Carolyn Drake
- 28 August - 3 October 2010 - strangelands by strange.rs
- 10 October - 14 November 2010 - Street Photography Now
- 19 November 2010 - 9 January 2011 - Passing Time by David HurnDavid HurnDavid Hurn, born July 21, 1934, in Redhill, Surrey, England of Welsh descent, is a documentary photographer and member of Magnum Photos.-Career:...
- 15 January 2011 - 13 February 2011 - A Collection by Laura Pannack
- 19 February 2011 - 20 March 2011 - Views From Sochi by Rob HornstraRob HornstraRob Hornstra is a Dutch photographer and self-publisher of documentary work, particularly of areas of the former Soviet Union.- Career :...
- 26 March - 1 May 2011 - Mi Vida Loca by Joseph Rodriguez
- 7 May - 12 June 2011 - The North by John Bulmer
- 18 June - 24 July 2011 - The Gathering Clouds by Ben Roberts
- 30 July - 4 September 2011 - Arab Revolutions
- 10 September - 9 October - 'Of Duties by Stuart Griffiths, Jay Romano and Tim and Matt Bowditch
- 15 October - 13 November 2011 - Selected Works by Sergey ChilikovSergey ChilikovSergey Chilikov is a Russian photographer.Chilikov graduated from the philological faculty with a Ph.D. Until 1991, he had been teaching in the universities of Yoshkar-Ola. In 1993, he published his first book on analytical philosophy titled “Artseg...