Hen Wlad fy Nhadau
“Land of my Fathers”
Named after the Welsh national anthem, this photo project is about my connection to Wales through heritage. I grew up on the south coast of England with a Welsh Dad. He practically raised me to be Welsh through playing rugby, learning the national anthem, buying me a Wales rugby shirt and even still trying to teach me the language.
I was born in England, but it always felt that my heart belonged elsewhere.
With guidance from my father, we traversed landscapes significant to him and places that my ancestors worked and mined.
This project is more than landscapes, it is more than just my heritage. It is an homage to the fathers before me who shaped Wales’ cultural and physical identity to be what it is today.
It's not where you’re from that defines your identity, it’s the culture you’re surrounded with.
On paper, I am English. Yn fy nghalon, Cymro ydw I.
More images to come.
