2026 Creator Collective
Ffoto Cymru, through their eyes.
The Creator Collective brings together photographers, filmmakers, writers and digital creators from across Wales to document and experience the festival from their own perspectives.
Members are invited to explore exhibitions, meet artists and experience events, creating photography, film, writing and digital content that captures what Ffoto Cymru means to them.
From the atmosphere of an exhibition opening to the people, places and ideas that shape the festival, the Collective will offer a different way of experiencing and sharing Ffoto Cymru.
Discover the festival through the people who are there, making, seeing and creating.
Meet the 2026 Creator Collective:
Phoebe Stephen
@pheobestephen_
Phoebe Stephen is a documentary photographer working across both digital and physical mediums, graduating from Boomsatsuma with a BA in Documentary Photography and Print.
Her personal work engages with representations of Welsh culture and an appreciation of both its landscape and heritage. Her most recent project, ‘The Last of the Donkey Cocklers’ explores the rich and layered history of the cockle picking industry in the small Welsh village of Penclawdd. Platforming Welsh voices and artists, Phoebe’s work foregrounds consideration of Welsh culture, history and language.
Through the curation of physical and archival research, her work seeks to find new ways to engage with heritage and open up cross-cultural conversations through design.
Siria Ferrer
@bysiriaferrer
Siria is a portrait and fashion photographer from Ibiza, now based in Cardiff, UK. Her practice specialises in music and fashion photography, creating album covers, PR campaigns and editorial content for local and international artists and brands.
Siria was the winner of Pink Portraits 2025, a project delivered in collaboration with Bad Wolf Studios and Ffotogallery for the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, and was also nominated for Digital Artist of the Year by Klat Magazine. She has established herself within Cardiff’s creative scene while continuing to expand her practice across London and Ibiza.
Her recent work includes documenting backstage and runway at Paris Fashion Week for Harper’s Bazaar, as well as working with designer Jenny Guerrero (@JennyInIbiland), photographing the Tatcha x Sephora UK influencer event at Ivy Cardiff, and capturing backstage at the Sunset Meets Fashion Show at 7Pines Resort Ibiza. She has also worked with internationally recognised brands including Maison BDN, photographing their latest campaign, Aether Regalia.
Jacob Allen
@jacob_ffoto
Jacob Allen is a film photographer from Pembrokeshire, now based in Cardiff and studying Documentary Photography at USW. His work explores people, places and everyday life through candid moments.
Tom Hannigan
@tom_hannigan
Born in London but raised in South Wales, Tom is a writer and documentary photographer who loves working with, and photographing people.
Focusing on a discrete, candid style of work, Tom captures people's natural and genuine emotions. He employs little editing and a commitment to representing things as they are using his unique voice and vision.
Through these means, Tom helps people and brands tell their stories through authentic visual imagery.
