Anthony Griffiths - Celtic Guitarist and Landscape Photographer

 

 

Anthony has illustrated 3 books of the Medieval Welsh tales collectively known as “The Mabinogion”, translated by John K Bollard :

The Mabinogi (Gomer 2006) 

Companion Tales to the Mabinogi (Gomer 2007) 

Mabinogi book Mabinogi Companion Tales

 

 

Tales of Arthur (Gomer 2010), winner of the Welsh Books Council Photography & Art Book of the Year.

Tales of Arthur book

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Also with John K Bollard, translations of early Welsh poetry:

Englynion y Beddau – The Stanzas of the Graves ( Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 2015) - Verses from the Black Book of Carmarthen,
composed in the 9th or 10th century.

Cymru Dafydd ap Gwilym – Dafydd ap Gwilym's Wales (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 2019). Recognised as one of the finest poets of the Middle Ages.
The book presents in Welsh and English translation a variety of Dafydd's poems, and the landscapes of his poetry.
See review by John Barnie on gwales.com

Books

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Anthony has also written and illustrated 2 photographic books : 

Snowdonia Myth & Image (Y Lolfa 1993) A guide to more than thirty of the most enchanting locations in Snowdonia, with an emphasis on Welsh legend, folklore and archaeology.

Elenydd – Ancient Heartland of the Cambrian Mountains (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 2010) A photographic celebration of Wales' last wilderness, at the heart of the Cambrian Mountains.

Photgraphic books