Miriam Reik

Miriam Reik (born 1949) is a British portrait and reportage photographer. She was a member of the Format photographic agency. In 1994, Reik had a solo exhibition of her series Can I Say Shalom at The Photographers' Gallery, London. Her work is held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London and Side Gallery, Newcastle.

Life and work Self-taught, Reik has been a freelance photographer since 1983, specialising in portraiture and reportage. She took part in Side Gallery's Unclear Family project, a portrait of family life in early 1990s South West Durham. Later in the 1990s, she undertook a documentary series in which she returned to the North West London Jewish community she grew up in, "having distanced herself from it as a young adult".

Publications Publications by Reik Heath Life: Life on Hampstead Heath. Rosco, 2004. . dress for CARNIVAL in cadiz. Self-published, 2010. .

Publications with contributions by Reik "Nejasna Rodina" Luby 1994 / "Unclear Family" Luby 1994. Paris: Macula, 1984.

Exhibitions Solo exhibitions Can I Say Shalom, The Photographers' Gallery, London, September–November 1994

Group exhibitions Art House, Ivy House, London Jewish Cultural Centre, London, September–October 2012

Collections Reik's work is held in the following permanent collections: London Museum, London National Portrait Gallery, London Side Gallery, Newcastle (Can I Say Shalom)