Charles Reich

Charles Reich was a Connecticut photographer. He was born on March 12, 1944 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He graduated from Crosby High School in Waterbury, then joined the Army, serving in Vietnam before being honorably discharged in 1966. He graduated from UConn with a BA in philosophy in 1968, then entered the Teachers Corp at the University of Hartford School of Education. He then began teaching African Studies at Hartford Public High School in the early 1970s.

Reich learned the process of palladium printing, a photographic printing process, in a small class taught by Richard "Chip" Benson, who was then working at the Meriden Gravure Company and renting a studio at 56 Arbor Street in Hartford (where he taught the class).

In around 1975, Reich, smitten with the palladium printing process, took over Benson's studio after he relocated to Newport, RI, and pursued photography full time. Using an 8 x 10 view camera, Reich photographed the urban landscape of Connecticut. He illustrated the Hartford Architecture Conservancy's three-volume survey of Hartford architecture and David Ransom's book about architect George Keller. In the late 1980s, Reich left photography to provide support for his brother's furniture business.

Charles Reich died on April 3, 2014.