Colin Pantall is a writer, photographer and lecturer based in Bath, England.[1][2] His photography is about childhood and the mythologies of family identity.[3][4]
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, in 2006,[3] where he studied under
Ken Grant.[8]
He is a senior lecturer in photography at the
University of South Wales in Newport, teaching on the documentary, and fashion and advertising courses.[3]
Pantall writes about photography for British Journal of Photography,[5][8][9][10][11] Royal Photographic Society's RPS Journal and Photo Eye. He has been a photography
blogger since 2007.[6] Pete Brook, writing in Wired 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'."[6]
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008. London: National Portrait Gallery, 2008.
ISBN978-1855143968. With a brief essay by
Ben Okri and interviews with the prize winners by Richard McClure.
Global photography. Looking at-Looking for. Verucchio, Rimini, Italy: Pazzini, 2009.
ISBN9788862570640. Edited by Massimo Sordi and Steffania Rosl.
Group exhibitions
2007: Innocence Now, Witzenhausen gallery, Amsterdam, 5 January – 10 February 2007.[12]
2008/2009: Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, 6 November 2008 – 15 February 2009;[15]Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 25 April – 21 June 2009.[16] Included Isabel with Camellia on Easter Sunday.
2009: Global photography: Looking at / Looking for, Sifest Photo Festival, Savignano, Italy, 11 September – 4 October 2009.[17] Included Pantall's Sofa Series.
2009: Domesticated, Walcot Chapel, Bath, 8–17 October 2009;[18][19] Post Modern Gallery, Swindon, 5–27 February 2010.[20] 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.[21][22]