Colin Gifford

Colin Gifford
Born
Colin Telfer Gifford

1936 (age 8889)
London, England
Alma materHarrow School of Art
EmployerIan Allan Publishing
Known forNew Approach
Notable workDecline of Steam
MovementRailway photography

Colin Telfer Gifford (born 1936) is a British railway photographer. Gifford pioneered the "New Approach" to railway photography in the 1960s during the declining years of steam. This approach relies heavily on abstraction and sought to encapsulate the dirty working atmosphere of the railway.