Chris Leinhard

Chris Lienhard is a narrative photographer focusing on black and white images.

He studied Still life Photography with Peter Marshall in London and Fashion Photographer Alistair Cowin.

He won the Prize for the South Bank Photo Show in 1990. In 1991 his work entitled ‘Face Value’ was selected by the Whitechapel Art Gallery. In the same year he exhibited at the Annual show at Delfina Studio, a series of new photography work on slate tiles, rendering photographic images as if they are part of a natural composition of fossils.

In 1993 his work received an excellent review in the Guardian Art Column about his work entitled “The Name of the Father”, which was shown at the Annual show at the Delfina Studio and in 1994 continued on to exhibit alongside Justin Jones and Neil White, followed by numerous exhibitions in France and Spain

He has also participated in the Research Cancer Annual Exhibition and providing catalogue work for galleries. Many of his works are now in private collections in Europe. His work uses the expressiveness of black and white to produce contemplative, yet powerful figures, whether posed and alone, or as part of a social reflection.