Inspired by both painters & photographers from the early
20th Century and a passion for walking the British hills and
mountaineering in the Peruvian Andes and greater Himalaya led Paul
to his interest in photography. Following two years studying
documentary photography in South Wales, he began a freelance career
with a four month sojourn in the Steppes of Mongolia in 1990,
recording the traditional way of life in this vast landlocked
country during the upheaval of the Soviet Union for a book.
Over the last 25 years, Paul has continued to travel widely on
both personal and commissioned projects for commercial and
editorial clients which include Geographical Magazine, San
Francisco Examiner (US), Wanderlust magazine, British Airways, GEO
(Germany), Cable & Wireless, Dorling Kindersley and Rough
Guides. Paul has worked with two frontline environment
organisations, Earthwatch and Coral Cay Conservation, who have
forged unique relationships between volunteers and scientists in
the field as a means of better understanding our planet.
He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), a
'photographer-in-residence' and a recipient of their Cherry Kearton
Medal for 'Photography of Peoples and the Natural World'. His
portraits of British Explorers are part of the permanent
collections at the RGS and National Portrait Gallery in London.
Since 2001, Paul has been an assignment photographer for
National Trust specialising in people, both the visitor experience
and the work of staff and volunteers. His assignments have ranged
from environment initiatives at Brancaster Activity Centre in
Norfolk to organic livestock farming and forestry in Snowdonia to
high profile National Trust campaigns such as; Food, Glorious Food;
Wild Child; Time to Wonder and the 2016 celebration of Beatrix
Potter. Recent assignments include camping and walking in the Lake
District, Park runs at Nostell Priory, Volunteer clean ups at
Formby Beach and 'My Secret Places' in the Yorkshire Dales
where he lives.
He writes a regular thematic column for Outdoor Photography
magazine and has recently completed two documentary film profiles
about local Yorkshire artists responding to our relationship with
nature.