Gwinllan A Roddwyd / Bod Yn Rhydd

Inside the image.

A square album cover pairs a tightly cropped black-and-white portrait with a broad green text panel. The portrait fills the upper portion and extends to the right and top edges: a middle-aged man is shown from the shoulders up, turned slightly towards the viewer’s right and looking off-frame in that direction. His face dominates the image, with short dark hair, a furrowed brow, deep-set eyes and a serious, contemplative expression. The crop cuts through his hair at the top and his shoulder at the bottom. Strong light falls across his face, while his hair, the left side of his head and parts of his clothing merge into deep shadow. A plain pale background remains visible at the upper left.

A sharp horizontal boundary separates the portrait from a dark emerald-green panel covering roughly the bottom third of the cover. At the lower left, the name “Dafydd Iwan” appears in large, thin, grey sans-serif lettering, set across the white area and overlapping the green boundary. Beneath it, “BOD YN RHYDD” is printed in larger pale grey capitals, followed by “GWINLLAN A RODDWYD” in smaller, heavier black capitals. The typography sits close to the left edge and is partly crowded by the portrait and the boundary.

On the right side of the green panel, a compact block of small white uppercase text is aligned to the right. The lines vary in length and are stacked closely; the final line sits near the bottom edge. The portrait is photographic in appearance, with pronounced tonal contrast and no visible frame. The flat green area and restrained typography give the cover a two-part structure, with the large face balancing the smaller text block.