Charles Reilly has worked as a photographer for over 30 years - first as a self-employed studio photographer in Manhattan, then
 as a staff photographer for Bonhams, a prestigious auction house in San Francisco where he specializes in photography of Fine Art. He studied Photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York, the International Center of Photography, also in New York, and the California College of Art in Oakland. He has been represented by SFMOMA Artists Gallery and has shown his work in numerous group and one-man gallery exhibitions.