GRAHAM, Paul

About British photographer Paul GRAHAM (b.1956)

Paul GRAHAM was best known for his social documentary recordings. Even during his studies in microbiology at the University of Bristol, he was intensively involved with photography. His photographic work is in the tradition of the British social realism of Bill BRANDT. Garry WINOGRAND, Lee FRIEDLANDER, Diane ARBUS, Stephen SHORE and William EGGLESTON are named as further influences. His debut book, the documentation of the A1 trunk road, was followed by a series of secretly made recordings on the sadness of British employment offices in 'Beyond caring'. In total, he published around 15 photo books by 2020. Paul GRAHAM has lived mainly in the USA since 1998 and has lived permanently in New York City since 2002.

Photo books by Paul GRAHAM

• 'A1. The Great North Road' (1983, 2020, 2021)
  'Beyond Caring' (1985, 2021)
  'Troubled Land' (1986, 2022)
  'Catalog Reynolds Gallery' (1990)
  'In umbra res' (1990)
  'New Europe' (1993)
  'Empty Heaven' (1995)
  'Paul Graham. Contemporary Artists' (1996)
  'End of an Age' (1998)
  'American Night' (2003)
  'A shimmer of possibility' (2007, 2009, 2018)
  'Paul Graham' (2009)
  'Books on Books #9 - Paul Graham.Beyond Caring' (2010)
  'Films' (2011)
  'The Present' (2012)
  '1981 & 2011. Hasselblad Award 2011' (2012)
  'Does Yellow Run Forever?' (2014)
  'Paris 11-15th November' (2015)
  'The Witness of the Whale' (2015)
  'Mother' (2019)
  'But still, it turns' (2021)