Paul Blackmore

Paul Blackmore is an Australian photographer whose work sits at the intersection of documentary practice and fine art, with a sustained focus on people, place, and cultural identity. Working across portraiture, landscape, and long-form photographic essays, Blackmore is known for projects that engage deeply with social and environmental narratives, often developed over extended periods of time.

His work has been exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, including at the National Portrait Gallery, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, State Library of New South Wales, and venues throughout Europe and the United States. Blackmore’s photographs have been published extensively in international magazines such as Time, L’Express, Le Monde, and The Sydney Morning Herald.

He is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Josephine Ulrick + Win Schubert Photographic Prize,and has been a finalist in the Walkley and Mother Jones Awards. His books include Australian Responses to the Land, At Water’s Edge, and Heat. Blackmore lives and works in Australia, continuing a practice shaped by curiosity, endurance, and a slightly stubborn belief that photographs can still tell important stories.