Paul Russell (1966) is a British street photographer, based in Weymouth, Dorset. He is a member of the In-Public international street photography collective.
Russell's work has been published in one self-published book of his own, in a few survey publications on street photography, and is in the collection of the Museum of London. He has had solo exhibitions in venues around the UK, and in group exhibitions in various locations worldwide.
Phil Coomes, writing for BBC News in 2011, spoke of him as "street photographer Paul Russell whose eye for a humorous moment is as keen as any you will find."
Life and work
Russell was born in London in 1966. He is based in Weymouth, Dorset, England. Russell became a member of the In-Public international street photography collective in 2010.
Eastleigh By-election 2013: My Week in Politics. Weymouth: Self-published, 2013.
10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9563322-1-9. Includes an essay by Jonathan Glancey, "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Nick Turpin; and a chapter each by In-Public members Russell, Turpin, David Gibson, Richard Bram, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Jesse Marlow, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, Melanie Einzig, Jeffrey Ladd, Amani Willett, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Otto Snoek, Blake Andrews, David Solomons, Matt Stuart, and George Kelly.
Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. ISBN 978-0-500-54393-1 (hardback). London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. ISBN 978-0-500-28907-5 (paperback). Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.
London Street Photography: 1860–2010. London: Museum of London; Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. ISBN 978-1907893032. Selected from the Museum of London collection by Mike Seaborne and Anna Sparham. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum.
The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. ISBN 978-0-500-29130-6. By David Gibson. Includes contributions from Russell, as well as In-Public members Andrews, Stuart, Jorgensen, Parke, Marlow, Solomons, Autio, Turpin, Bram, Morley-Hall, Gus Powell, and others.
Beside the Sea, Gallery 435, Slough, England, September–October 2006; then toured to South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, England, February–March 2007; and Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim, Northern Ireland, September 2007.
London Tourist's Guide and Beside the Sea, Housmans Bookshop, King's Cross, London, July–September 2010.
Stand Up!, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, England, October 2010. One of a series of Stand Up! exhibitions running alongside Grin Up North – The Sheffield Comedy Festival.
in-public @ 10, Photofusion, Brixton, London, May–July 2010. Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, July 2011; Photographs by In-Public members Russell, Matt Stuart, Nick Turpin, David Gibson, Richard Bram, Jesse Marlow, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, Melanie Einzig, Jeffrey Ladd, Amani Willett, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Otto Snoek, Blake Andrews, David Solomons, and George Kelly.
Street Photography Now, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, October–November 2010, and toured to Contributed Studio for the Arts, Berlin, December 2010 – January 2011; Museum of Printing, Historical Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, November 2011 – January 2012; Poortersloge, part of Brugge Foto 13 festival, Bruge, Belgium, December 2013 – January 2014. Photographs from the book Street Photography Now (2011).
Right Here, Right Now – Exposures From The Public Realm, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Format 11 Photography Festival, Derby, England, March–April 2011. Exhibition of photographs by In-Public members Russell, Agou, Andrews, Autio, Bram, Einzig, Fisk, Gibson, Jorgensen, Kelly, Ladd, Marlow, Morley-Hall, Parke, Gus Powell, Turpin, Snoek, Solomons, Stuart, Willett, and the film In-Sight (2011).
London Street Photography: 1860-2010, Museum of London, London, 18 February – 4 September 2011. Included work by In-Public members Russell, Bram, Fisk, Gibson, Jorgensen, Stuart, Turpin, and others. Travelled to the Museum of the City of New York, 27 July – 2 December 2012.
Landscape and Industry, Lighthouse Arts Centre, Poole, England, April–September 2011. Russel with Joe Stevens and local photography club the Happy Snappers.
International Photography Festival No.2, Tel Aviv, Israel, October 2012. In-Public group exhibition.
iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, February–March 2013. In conjunction with the British Council. Photographs by In-Public members Russell, Agou, Andrews, Autio, Bram, Einzig, Fisk, Gibson, Jorgensen, Kelly, Ladd, Marlow, Morley-Hall, Parke, Gus Powell, Turpin, Snoek, Solomons, Stuart, and Willett.
In Public, Snickarbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, May–June 2013. Photographs by In-Public members Russell, Agou, Andrews, Autio, Bram, Einzig, Fisk, Gibson, Jorgensen, Kelly, Ladd, Marlow, Morley-Hall, Parke, Gus Powell, Turpin, Snoek, Solomons, Stuart, and Willett.
Miami Street Photography Festival, Miami, FL, December 2013. In-Public group exhibition along with other collectives STRATA and CALLE 35.
2015: The Sharp Eye. In-Public in Mexico, Foto Mexico, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, Mexico, October–November 2015. Slideshow of photographs by Russell, Agou, Andrews, Bram, Dakowicz, Einzig, Fisk, Gibson, Todd Gross, Hansen, Jorgensen, Kelly, Marlow, Morley-Hall, Parke, Gus Powell, Mark Powell, Snoek, Solomons, Stuart, Turpin, and Amani Willett. Curated by Mark Powell, Carlos Álvarez Montero and Alfredo Esparza.
Russell's work is held in the following collection:
Museum of London, London.
