I am truly saddened to hear that Paul Lowe has died. Paul was always so supportive of the UNP and a good person to share thoughts on photography with. We were friends through photography and such friendships can run deep.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and many past students. In memory of his many contributions to photography including his powerful and important work within conflict zones I am posting here the audio he sent me in which he describes what photography meant to him.

Dr. Paul Lowe was a Reader in Documentary Photography and the Course Leader of the Masters programme in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London, UK. Paul was an award-winning photographer whose images were published in TIME, Newsweek, Life, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Observer, and The Independent, amongst others. He covered breaking news the world over, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nelson Mandela’s release, famine in Africa, the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, and the destruction of Grozny. He was also a member of the VII agency.

His book, Bosnians, documenting 10 years of the war and post-war situation in Bosnia, was published in 2005 by Saqi books. His research interest focused on the photography of conflict, and he contributed chapters to the books Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis (Reaktion, 2012) and Photography and Conflict. His most recent books include Photography Masterclass published by Thames and Hudson, and Understanding Photojournalism, co-authored with Dr. Jenny Good, published by Bloomsbury Academic Press.

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