Colin Pantall

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 University of South Wales in Newport, Royal Photographic Society's RPS Journal and Photo Eye, and is a photography blogger. 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,

He is a senior lecturer in photography at the University of South Wales in Newport, teaching on the documentary, and fashion and advertising courses. Royal Photographic Society's RPS Journal and Photo Eye. He has been a photography blogger since 2007. 2007/2008: Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, 8 November 2007 – 24 February 2008. The Lowry, 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, 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.