Paul Graham
photographer
Paul Graham is a prominent British fine-art and documentary photographer known for his distinctive use of sequential color prints to explore everyday social realities and the nuances of perceptual ambiguity. Born in 1956 in Stafford, England, Graham initially trained in microbiology at the University of Bristol before transitioning to photography in the late 1970s. His work is characterized by a focus on transience, mortality, and the passage of time, often capturing people and objects in realistic, unposed settings. Graham has spent a significant portion of his career based in New York City. He has received numerous prestigious honors for his contribution to photographic culture, including the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2009 and the Hasselblad Award in 2012. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and in the Italian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale.[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
Themes
- transience
- mortality
- passage of time
- everyday life
- documentary photography
Books
Works by Paul Graham
- 1981 & 2011 2012 · MACK · book · English Survey monograph
- Europe: America 2012 · MACK · book · English Publication of works from 2004-2006
- End of an Age 1999 · Phaidon · book · English Series of color prints
Works about Paul Graham
- Paul Graham Andrew Wilson 1996 · Phaidon Press · book · English ISBN 0714835501 Contemporary Artists Series
Exhibitions
- 2001 Venice Biennale Italian Pavilion, Venice group
- Solo Exhibition Museum of Modern Art, New York City solo
Awards
- 2009 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation
- 2012 Hasselblad Award Hasselblad Center
- 1988 W. Eugene Smith Grant
References
- Wikipedia: Paul Graham (photographer) link
- Paul Graham Archive - Works link
- Carlier | Gebauer Artist Profile link
- Artnet Artist Biography link
- Paul Graham Archive - Bio link
- 1972 Agency Artist Bio link
- Scottish Zoe Identity and Place link
- Louisiana Channel - Paul Graham link
- Instagram: Paul Graham - End of an Age link
- Hyman Collection Biography link
- Paul Greenfield Photography Pages link
- 1000 Words Photography Magazine link
- LensCulture Paul Graham Interview link
- Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation link
- Artfacts Profile link







