Colin Pantall is a writer, photographer and lecturer based in Bath, England. His photography is about childhood and the mythologies of family identity. A senior lecturer in photography at the

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in Newport, he writes about photography for ''

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'', Royal Photographic Society's '' RPS Journal'' and Photo Eye, and is a photography

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ger. His book of photographs, ''All Quiet on the Home Front,'' was published in 2017.

Life and work

Pantall gained a BA in philosophy from the University of Bristol in 1986 and a MA in documentary photography from the

University of Wales, Newport The University of Wales, Newport (), was a public university based in Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales, before the merger that formed the University of South Wales in April 2013. The university was founded as a mechanics' institute in 1841 ...

, in 2006, where he studied under

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. He is a senior lecturer in photography at the

in Newport, teaching on the documentary, and fashion and advertising courses. Pantall writes about photography for ''

'', Royal Photographic Society's '' RPS Journal'' and Photo Eye. He has been a photography

ger since 2007. Pete Brook, writing in ''

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'' in 2010 about his blog, said that "Preoccupied with visual culture at large, Pantall draws frequent parallels to literature, television and film. The result is an eclectic exploration of what 'does and doesn't make photography work'."

Publications

Publications by Pantall

*''All Quiet on the Home Front.'' ICVL Studio, 2017. .

Publications with contributions by Pantall

*''Photographic Portrait Prize 2007.'' London:

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, 2007. . *''Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008.'' London: National Portrait Gallery, 2008. . With a brief essay by

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and interviews with the prize winners by Richard McClure. *''Global photography. Looking at-Looking for.'' Verucchio, Rimini, Italy: Pazzini, 2009. . Edited by Massimo Sordi and Steffania Rosl.

Group exhibitions

*2007: ''Innocence Now,'' Witzenhausen gallery, Amsterdam, 5 January – 10 February 2007. *2007/2008: Photographic Portrait Prize,

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, 8 November 2007 – 24 February 2008.

The Lowry Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England. The complex opened ...

, Salford, Greater Manchester, 5 July – 12 October 2008. Included Pantall's ''Sofa Portrait #3'' from ''Sofa Series''. *2008/2009: Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, 6 November 2008 – 15 February 2009;

Laing Art Gallery The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is located on New Bridge Street West. The gallery was designed in the Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements by architects Cackett & Burns Dick and is now a Grade II listed building. It ...

, Newcastle, 25 April – 21 June 2009. Included ''Isabel with Camellia on Easter Sunday.'' *2009: ''Global photography: Looking at / Looking for,'' Sifest Photo Festival, Savignano, Italy, 11 September – 4 October 2009. Included Pantall's ''Sofa Series''. *2009: ''Domesticated,'' Walcot Chapel, Bath, 8–17 October 2009; Post Modern Gallery, Swindon, 5–27 February 2010. Included Pantall's ''Sofa Series'' along with work by Christina Bryant, Julia Douglas, Sarah King, Kate Peters and Jem Stiff. *2010: ''Global photography: Looking at / Looking for,'' Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice, 19 March – 24 April 2010.

References

External links

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A copy of ''Sofa Portraits'', a self-published book by Pantall, at Issuu
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