80 Portraits Project

Below are the birth years still available. We’d like your suggestions if you know a Conwy county resident born in one of those years who might be willing to have their portrait taken. If you need to sound them out first, please don’t make a firm promise (in case the year has just been taken by someone else!). Please let Rhodri know (rhodriclark@btinternet.com) if you have any suggestions, including the person’s birth year and job/hobby if relevant.

Also below are lists of occupations/hobbies we’ve covered in the portraits taken so far, and some which would be good to include in the set of 80. These are portraits where the person’s attire in the photo indicates their job or hobby. Not all of the portraits will include such attire though.

Occupations/hobbies already covered

Butcher
Baker
Police officer
Mayor of Conwy
Priest
Musician (cellist)
Guitar-shop owner
Bar and café staff
Shopkeepers
Cadw staff member
Scouts leader
Conwy harbour staff
Bus/coach driver
Footballer
Fisherman
Parking warden
Chef
National Trust volunteer
Chip shop proprietor
Boxer
Librarian


Some occupations/hobbies which would be good to include

Farmer
Nurse
Paramedic
Firefighter
Lifeboat volunteer
Horse rider
Ballet dancer
Mechanic
Cadet

Years of birth where we still need portraits

Letters in brackets show preferred gender for certain years, for balance in those sections of the sequence

1945

1947

1950

1956

1957

1958

1970 (M)

1972 (M)

1974

1983

1985

1996 (F)

1998

2003

2006

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021