Background
Paul Campbell is a full-time artist photographer, now living and working at his home in the small village of Harpley in northwest Norfolk. He concentrates on photography as an artistic medium. Each image he produces is a hand crafted original.
Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire in 1954, Paul graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University as a mature student in 1995, with an honours degree in photography for communication media. Having worked as a commercial photographer and artist-photographer for a time in Manchester, he moved to the Isle of Skye in 1996, where he lived for 14 years.
The theme of man's working relationship with the environment figures prominently in much of his work, for example, decommissioned fishing boats and old farm buildings.
Paul's images, whether still life or landscape, convey the extraordinary in the everyday. A stillness pervades many of his images, creating a sense of anticipation - inviting contemplation of the circumstances behind the scene presented. They suggest an interval, the length of which has not been determined.
Education & Training
| 1992-1995: | Manchester Metropolitan University, BA (Hons) Photography for communication media |
| 1996: | Sheffield Hallam University Safe etching & printmaking techniques; Photo-etching |
| 1998: | Isle of Skye Screenprinting |
Exhibitions
Charlotte Street Gallery, Manchester (Joint)
An Tuireann Gallery, Portree, Skye (Open)
Plockton Hall, Plockton, Ross-shire (Joint)