Paul was born in England and moved to Australia to study photography in the 1980's. Portrait work of Asian boat people in Melbourne is represented in both the Australian National Gallery, Canberra and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. He returned to UK to work as a freelancer specialising in architectural photography.

He moved to New Zealand in 1997 where he teaches photography on a degree programme at UCOL in Palmerston North. He has recently won a number of awards including Gold and Silver Medals at both New Zealand (culminating in Master of the NZIPP) and Australian Professional Photography Awards. He has also received Merit Awards resulting in work being published by the American magazine B&W.