Career
They featured his photographs of nature and the male nude. When sales declined in the harder-edged culture of the 1980s, and Rinder found it difficult to get his books published, he supplemented his income by selling antiques and collectibles. In the 1990s Rinder"s creativity diminished.
He stated "my heart lies in the 60"s and 70"s".
His work has been referred to by Reginald Shepherd in Orpheus in the Bronx as not "what could be called real poetry" along with verse of Rod McKuen. Rinder is homosexual.
"Follow Your Heart, 1973
Only One Today 1974
The Humanness of You, Vols 1&2, 1973-1974
Love is my Reason, 1975
"Will You Share With Maine, 1975
Where Will I Be Tomorrow 1976
Review in Library Journal, 101: 1326 (1976)
Aura of Love 1978
Friends and Lovers 1978
A Promise of Change 1979
Forever Us 1981
The World I Used to Know 1990
Excerpted in Selwood, Mary-Jane. On the Edge of Silence: A Mountain Anthology.
Helensburgh: Springbank, 1993.
