Reynolds Mark Ellis

Place: Glasgow

Born: 1940

Death: 2003

Biography:

Rennie Ellis was an Australian social and social documentary photographer. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1940 and died in London, England in 2003. He also worked, at various stages of his life, as an advertising copywriter, seaman, lecturer, television presenter and founder of Brummels Gallery of Photography, Australia's first dedicated photography gallery. He established both a photographic studio and an agency dedicated to his work, published 17 photographic books, and held numerous exhibitions in Australia and overseas. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism and his work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald, was influential on European design movements such as Art Nouveau and Secessionism and praised by great modernists such as Josef Hoffmann.