About
Paul Halliday is a photographic artist, filmmaker and urbanist. He makes long-term extended visual projects focusing on urban change, landscapes, people and the material cultures of everyday contemporary city life.
Originally studying sociology, law and social research, and working in the fields of adult education and homelessness. Paul retrained in photojournalism, fine art filmmaking and social anthropology at London College of Communications, Central St Martins and Goldsmiths, University of London. He also did further studies in art history and archaeology at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
His professional experiences include directing Living with the Bunker, a Channel Four film about the far-right in London, along with a period as the British Refugee Council’s media adviser and arts consultant, London Arts Board photography adviser, Photofusion director, local government media consultancy, co-founding director of UPA – the Urban Photographers’ Association, and founding curator of UrbanPhotoFest. He also co-founded the annual Urban Encounters international photography symposium held at Tate Britain for eight years.
Paul taught place and spatial research to cinematographers and directing students at the Norwegian National Film School for several years and has been the course director of the international MA in Photography and Urban Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London for 20 years.