Colin Pantall Explained

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]}

A senior lecturer in photography at the University of South Wales in Newport, he writes about photography for British Journal of Photography,^[5] Royal Photographic Society's RPS Journal and Photo Eye, and is a photography blogger.^{[6] [7]} 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, in 2006, 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.

Pantall writes about photography for British Journal of Photography,^{[9] [10] [11]} Royal Photographic Society's RPS Journal and Photo Eye. He has been a photography blogger since 2007. 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'."

Publications

Publications by Pantall

• All Quiet on the Home Front. ICVL Studio, 2017. .

Publications with contributions by Pantall

• Photographic Portrait Prize 2007. London: National Portrait Gallery, 2007. .
• Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008. London: National Portrait Gallery, 2008. . 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. . Edited by Massimo Sordi and Steffania Rosl.

Group exhibitions

• 2007: Innocence Now, Witzenhausen gallery, Amsterdam, 5 January – 10 February 2007.^[12]
• 2007/2008: Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, 8 November 2007 – 24 February 2008.^[13] The Lowry, Salford, Greater Manchester, 5 July – 12 October 2008.^[14] 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;^[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]}

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colin Pantall. 9 March 2015 . .
2. Web site: About. 9 March 2015 . Hotshoe .
3. Web site: Staff Directory: Colin Pantall . 9 March 2015 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170517203405/http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/6791-cpanta1 . 17 May 2017 . dead .
4. Web site: Colin Pantall shakes up "the mythology of the family" . 28 September 2017 . 11 October 2017 . Diane . Smyth . . https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044458/http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/09/pantallhome/ . 12 October 2017 . dead .
5. Web site: Mind Games. 3 November 2014 . 9 March 2015 . Colin . Pantall . Colin Pantall . .
6. Web site: Get to Know Our Favorite Photobloggers. 11 October 2010 . 9 March 2015 . Pete . Brook . .
7. Web site: Collaborative Photo Blogger Project IDs "New Ideas In Photography". 4 October 2012 . .
8. Pantall . Colin . Colin Pantall . 2015 . Breaking Cover . . 162 . 7833 . 54–61 . Apptitude Media.
9. Web site: The Reason of Oranges. 23 September 2014 . 9 March 2015 . Colin . Pantall . Colin Pantall . .
10. Web site: The photobook according to Parr. 6 June 2014 . 9 March 2015 . Colin . Pantall . Colin Pantall . .
11. Colin Pantall, "Parallel lines", British Journal of Photography, 7 January 2009, p.17.
12. Web site: Exhibitions: "Innocence Now . 9 March 2015 . Witzenhausen gallery . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143206/http://www.witzenhausengallery.nl/exhibition_detail.php?idxEvent=78 . 2 April 2015 . dead .
13. Web site: Photographic Portrait Prize 2007 – Exhibitor 45. 9 March 2015 . .
14. Web site: The Photographic Portrait Prize 2007. 10 March 2015 . .
15. Web site: Events. 9 March 2015 . .
16. Web site: Tour. 10 March 2015 . .
17. Book: Si Fest 2009 - programma . 10 March 2015 . 2009 . Savignano Immagini . Savignano . 18.
18. Web site: Domesticated Exhibition. 2 October 2009 . 9 March 2015 .
19. Web site: Callum Bell. 22 September 2009 . 9 March 2015 . A-N .
20. News: Swindon gets Domesticated. 2 February 2010 . 9 March 2015 . .
21. Web site: Global photography: Looking at / Looking for. 10 March 2015 . Galleria Contemporaneo .
22. Web site: Global Photography at Galleria del Contemporaneo. 10 March 2015 . Positive Magazine .