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The photographs on this website
are the work of freelance photographer Paul Gapper. Paul has been
working as a photographer for the past fifteen years while holding down a full time job as a
Manager in the catering industry. Paul bought his first camera, a
Canon T70 in 1986 to use while travelling in India and has never looked
back.
He has returned three times to India, visited Sri Lanka, Tunisia,
Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Panama, Syria, Cape Verde and many other destinations since then and has
just 'turned digital' (Cannon 20D and 5D).
Very early on in his photographic career, Paul was runner up in a major
photographic competition held by The Sunday Times and had a three-page photo
spread in Amateur Photographer. In July 2005 he won 1st Prize in the Over 18s
Non - professional Capture London's Diversity competition organized by The Greater London
Authority and in 2009 was Short listed for The Travel Photographer of the
Year Competition with an image taken during the Chinese New Year. His pictures have sold worldwide and he is a regular
contributor to World Religions Photo Library and Alamy. Paul's work has been
purchased by the BBC (website, BBC Education CD for schools), Dorling Kindersley
(various educational books), Thomson Travel Agents (brochure), Overseas Adventure Travel, Chicago
(front cover), a major UK supermarket chain
(packaging) and The Greater London Authority (2007 calendar), amongst
others.
Paul travels widely, both abroad and in the UK, often spending his weekends
at religious services and festivals. He researches his subject matter in
great depth and has forged significant personal contacts in diverse
religious and secular communities, often resulting in exceptional access to
areas that might be denied to other photographers. Prime examples
of this are his photographs of the Jewish community in North London and the
Lag B'Omer festival in Djerba, Tunisia. Paul not only values this privilege
position but also the warmth and hospitality with which he is often
received, resulting in some remarkable portraits as well as insights into
communities, celebrations and sacred events which his photographs in turn
often make accessible to worldwide audience.
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