Newport Zooport

COMING SOON New from Ron McCormick
Newport, once a proud and prosperous port city, that thrived on the heavy industries of steelmaking and shipping, it enjoyed its position midway between its larger sisters of Cardiff and Bristol and gateway to the Eastern Valleys of South Wales, for centuries it has benefitted from the confluence of rivers, roads and railways that have moulded a widely cosmopolitan community and supported a lively shopping centre and dynamic nightlife. However, recent decades have seen the closure of steelworks and manufacturing industries and, in common with many similar towns across Britain, the economic ravages of high inflation, unemployment, homelessness and empty shops have weighed heavily on its people.

Ron McCormick explores the Newport street scene focussing on the mundane, the ordinary, and the overlooked with unusual detail and surprising, serendipitous juxtapositions that confront us as we navigate the urban scene. It embraces perspectives on the architectural fabric and patina of the city's ‘roughscape', and documents the fleeting social interactions and micro dramas that can often erupt in the blink of an eye and disappear just as quickly.

McCormick returns to his roots with a set of new photographs compiled over the last twenty years and previously unseen. It is published in a signed and numbered limited edition of 100 copies available in mid-May 2026.
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