Peter Reid ARPS
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Peter Reid ARPS MA BSc PGCE
Peter Reid is the elder son of Arthur and Sadie (née Simpson) Reid, born 30 December 1946 at Ferryhill
, Durham
. His secondary education was at the Johnston Grammar Technical School at Durham. An engineering craft apprenticeship, instead of the more usual academic route between the ages of sixteen and twenty one, followed with part-time attendance at Durham Technical College allowing him to gain a variety of engineering qualifications.
After two years as an Engineering Technician at Constantine College of Technology and then Assistant Works Engineer at Tollemache and Cobbold Breweries
until the age of twenty five, he then became an Insurance salesman and between 1977 and 1988 operated a small business of insurance brokers. In 1989, with an urge "to give a little back", he enrolled as a mature student to undertake a first degree, B.Sc.(Hons) at University of Sunderland, which he completed in 1992 before moving to the University of Durham to study a PGCE.
Armed with this qualification he became a teacher of Mathematics and Computer Science and spent the next eight years teaching both subjects. His teaching career was brought to an untimely halt due to ill-health in December 2002, having risen to the position of Head of ICT and ICT Coordinator at Baylis Court, a secondary school for girls in the South of England.
Reid is now semi-retired and divides his time between the North East of England and the South of France, combining a lifelong interest in photography with a love of travel and European culture. During 2007 he spent nine weeks, in three visits, in France, visiting Vannes
for the Festival International de la Photo de Mer in the spring, Aubusson
for the Tapestry festival in the summer and Paris
for the student riots in the autumn, shooting more than two thousand images.
His early research centred on the forgotten landscape and the lives of the people who built our early transportation systems. His practice utilises medium format and 35mm digital photography, digital video, historical text and images in an effort to provide an insight into a bygone age. His work on disused railways looked at the remaining trace elements of the branch lines that were discarded during the 1960s, specifically the line between Bishop Auckland and Wearhead, under the stewardship of Dr Richard Beeching
.
Reid’s past work also looked at the canal system, the demise of which was to become the ineluctable inverse of the development of the railway system in England, and in so doing highlighted a variety of sophisticated skills that were largely taken for granted in the day to day life of the typical navigator. He, of that itinerant army of rumbustious workers to whom a great debt is owed. His image 'Nantes/Brest Canal' was selected for the 2009 Members' Exhibition at 'The Royal Photographic Society.'
He is a former member of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and is currently researching on two fronts, Human Rights and the Photographer and European Gothic Architecture with a view to publication as well as hosting nine galleries, Church Architecture,Follies and Grottos, French Architecture, Italian Architecture,Naval Architecture, Silent City Architecture, Strictly Gothic, Strictly Baroque and The Girl from Yesterday at Redbubble. His work can also be seen at Saatchi On-Line and several other on-line galleries. He does not usually undertake commissions.
Exhibitions
2007 – ‘Stairway to Heaven’ – Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
2011 – ‘Gateway to Heaven’ – Office du Tourisme, Aude en Pyrénées
Peter Reid is the elder son of Arthur and Sadie (née Simpson) Reid, born 30 December 1946 at Ferryhill
Ferryhill
Ferryhill is a town in south-central County Durham, England with a population of around 11,651 people, making it the 8th biggest town in the County. It is in the Durham County Unitary area...
, Durham
Durham
Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
. His secondary education was at the Johnston Grammar Technical School at Durham. An engineering craft apprenticeship, instead of the more usual academic route between the ages of sixteen and twenty one, followed with part-time attendance at Durham Technical College allowing him to gain a variety of engineering qualifications.
After two years as an Engineering Technician at Constantine College of Technology and then Assistant Works Engineer at Tollemache and Cobbold Breweries
Tolly Cobbold
Tolly Cobbold is a former brewing company, with strong roots in Suffolk, England.The original Cobbold brewery was founded in Harwich, Essex in 1723. The name Tolly Cobbold is an amalgamation of the two family run brewers the Tollemache Brewery owned by the Tollemache family and Cobbold Brewery...
until the age of twenty five, he then became an Insurance salesman and between 1977 and 1988 operated a small business of insurance brokers. In 1989, with an urge "to give a little back", he enrolled as a mature student to undertake a first degree, B.Sc.(Hons) at University of Sunderland, which he completed in 1992 before moving to the University of Durham to study a PGCE.
Armed with this qualification he became a teacher of Mathematics and Computer Science and spent the next eight years teaching both subjects. His teaching career was brought to an untimely halt due to ill-health in December 2002, having risen to the position of Head of ICT and ICT Coordinator at Baylis Court, a secondary school for girls in the South of England.
Reid is now semi-retired and divides his time between the North East of England and the South of France, combining a lifelong interest in photography with a love of travel and European culture. During 2007 he spent nine weeks, in three visits, in France, visiting Vannes
Vannes
Vannes is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2000 years ago.-Geography:Vannes is located on the Gulf of Morbihan at the mouth of two rivers, the Marle and the Vincin. It is around 100 km northwest of Nantes and 450 km south west...
for the Festival International de la Photo de Mer in the spring, Aubusson
Aubusson, Creuse
Aubusson is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.-Geography:...
for the Tapestry festival in the summer and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
for the student riots in the autumn, shooting more than two thousand images.
His early research centred on the forgotten landscape and the lives of the people who built our early transportation systems. His practice utilises medium format and 35mm digital photography, digital video, historical text and images in an effort to provide an insight into a bygone age. His work on disused railways looked at the remaining trace elements of the branch lines that were discarded during the 1960s, specifically the line between Bishop Auckland and Wearhead, under the stewardship of Dr Richard Beeching
Richard Beeching
Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching , commonly known as Doctor Beeching, was chairman of British Railways and a physicist and engineer...
.
Reid’s past work also looked at the canal system, the demise of which was to become the ineluctable inverse of the development of the railway system in England, and in so doing highlighted a variety of sophisticated skills that were largely taken for granted in the day to day life of the typical navigator. He, of that itinerant army of rumbustious workers to whom a great debt is owed. His image 'Nantes/Brest Canal' was selected for the 2009 Members' Exhibition at 'The Royal Photographic Society.'
He is a former member of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and is currently researching on two fronts, Human Rights and the Photographer and European Gothic Architecture with a view to publication as well as hosting nine galleries, Church Architecture,Follies and Grottos, French Architecture, Italian Architecture,Naval Architecture, Silent City Architecture, Strictly Gothic, Strictly Baroque and The Girl from Yesterday at Redbubble. His work can also be seen at Saatchi On-Line and several other on-line galleries. He does not usually undertake commissions.
Exhibitions
2007 – ‘Stairway to Heaven’ – Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
2011 – ‘Gateway to Heaven’ – Office du Tourisme, Aude en Pyrénées