Biography
Born in London, 1966. Freelance photographer and publishing professional based in Dorset.

Solo shows
September to October 2006: "Beside the Sea" (35 prints), Gallery 435, Slough, UK

February to March 2007: "Beside the Sea" (35 prints), South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, UK.

September 2007: "Beside the Sea" (36 new prints), Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim, Northern Ireland.

July to September 2010: 24 London and seaside prints, Housmans radical bookshop, London.

October 2010: Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.

Selected group shows
2010
May to July 2010: In-Public group show, Photofusion, London.

October to November 2010: Street Photography Now exhibition, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff.

2011
11 December 2010 to 15 January 2011: Street Photography Now exhibition, CONTRIBUTED Studio for the Arts, Berlin.

18 February to 4 September 2011: London Street Photography exhibition, Museum of London (with accompanying book).

4 March to 3 April 2011: In-Public group show, Format Photography Festival, Derby, UK.

April to September 2011: Landscape and Industry, curated by Joe Stevens, Lighthouse Arts Centre, Poole, UK.

July 2011: London Street Photography Festival, Street Photography Now exhibition, London.

October 2011: From Distant Streets, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY, USA.

November 2011 to January 2012, Street Photography Now exhibition, Fundacja.DOC, Warsaw.

2012
July 2012 to December 2012: London Street Photography, the Museum of the City of New York, USA (timed to coincide with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games).

October 2012: In-Public group show, International Photography Festival #2, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2013
5 February to 24 March 2013: In-Public group show, TCDC (Thailand Creative & Design Center), Bangkok. Promoted by TCDC and the British Council.

Newspapers, magazines
My photos have appeared in The Guardian Weekend magazine, the Independent on Sunday, The Big Issue (Australia), The Mail on Sunday, bbc.co.uk, Digifoto Pro Magazine, AP magazine, and David Alan Harvey's Burn magazine.

Books
I am one of 46 photographers profiled in the new Thames & Hudson book Street Photography Now. Other photographers featured include Bruce Gilden, Martin Parr, Alex Webb, Raghu Rai, Joel Meyerowitz, Maciej Dakowicz and Mark Alor Powell.

As a member of In-Public, I am featured in the '10' book, published to celebrate the 10th year of the group. The book showcases 10 photos by each of the collective's 20 photographers and is reviewed here.

Artist's statement - mapping the psychogeographic landscape
I'm interested in depicting how human behaviour is affected by our environment, where the environment is both biotic and abiotic. I think of my photography as a study of human natural history and ecology, and my approach has been informed by my academic studies of other (non-human) animals.

We enjoy traditional nature documentaries, and birdwatchers will often spend hours waiting for a small nondescript brown bird to leave its nest, for example, but we rarely stop to examine and consider our own everyday behaviour in such detail.

Print sales and licensing of images
Many of the pictures are available as [prints] and can be licensed for editorial use upon payment of an appropriate fee.

Contact
Email: paul.russell99@btinternet.com
Mobile: 07563 926 186