Beacon

Is a photographic retelling of the story of Thomas Jones, a 5-year-old boy who went missing for 29 days in the Brecon Beacons before his body being found back in the early 20th century. The project was made with the cooperation of local museums who gave access to copies of original newspaper reports, historical artefacts related to the case - some authentic, some props - as well as a dramatic film retelling of the story made in 1980. By blending original photographs with excerpts from several different pre-existing retellings of the story of little Tommy Jones, Beacon intends to explore how mystery is invoked by story telling, and story telling can often lead to more fiction than it does fact.