About

Colin Reiners

Born Cheshire, England

Colin Reiners is one of the generation of British photographers that includes

Sue Packer, Chris Killip, Martin Parr and Daniel Meadows.  Inspired by Tony Ray Jones and Paul Hill, he became part of the documentary movement of the 1970s.

Originally trained as a chemist, he worked as a designer and photographer, exhibiting widely undertaking editorial commissions.

After studying with Bill Brandt at the Royal College of Art, Reiners continued to show work of a documentary nature, influenced by surrealism, but increasingly became involved with theory and teaching.  Withdrawing from public exhibition, he continued to experiment and work on self-directed projects. Anthropological in nature and ironic in temper, recent work attempts the return to observational capture, sequencing and visual cliché.

Reiners established a range of undergraduate programmes in Photography, Community Arts, Fine Art and Media, at Bradford, Staffordshire, Hull and Lincoln,

Universities, working with, among others,  Mike Berry, Paul Hill, Joy Gregory, Geoff Cox, Ian Macmillan, Ivan Osbourne, Paul Jobling, Rod Shone, Paul Reas and John Holden.