Background
Paul Trevor was born on August 29, 1947, in London, United Kingdom.
Paul Trevor
(Vintage photographs were taken across 25 years in London'...)
Vintage photographs were taken across 25 years in London's East End that is full of surprise and humanity One of the lesser-known though nevertheless brilliant members of British photography Paul Trevor has an impressive collection of documentary photos of this iconic corner of London. Brick Lane is, perhaps, one of the most photographed streets in the East End, yet these elegant black and whites took in the 70s, 80s, and 90s capture a lost era full of surprise, joy, and humanity. This is street photography in the very best tradition of Cartier Bresson.
https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Brick-Lane/dp/1910566500/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Paul+Trevor&qid=1606821622&sr=8-2
2019
(Extreme close-ups of Londoners in the '80s show the class...)
Extreme close-ups of Londoners in the '80s show the class divide between the City and the East End Photographer Paul Trevor has been documenting the East End for over 25 years. This new book of black-and-white close-ups, made spontaneously on the streets of east London, capture Britain’s perennial social divide. They contrast the people in The City – London’s money market – with those in the nearby street market of Brick Lane. Paul Trevor shot these images between 1977 and 1992 – but mostly in the '80s, provoked by Thatcherism and a polarized debate on market forces vs community values. The imagery is as fresh and relevant today as it was then.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1910566802/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3
Paul Trevor was born on August 29, 1947, in London, United Kingdom.
Paul Trevor studied photography, painting, and sculpture at Sir John Cass School of Art (now The School of Art, Architecture, and Design) in London (1972-1974).
A freelance photographer since 1974. He worked as an accountant from 1969 to 1974. Abandoning his job as an accountant, Paul Trevor applied to picture-making the rapid hand-eye coordination he acquired as a teenage table tennis ace. His work was motivated by a keen social impulse and first exhibited internationally in 1978.
Eager to collaborate with others, in 1973 Paul Trevor co-founded the Exit Photography Group whose joint projects over a decade produced two documentary books and various exhibitions.
In 1975 Paul Trevor helped set up the Half Moon Photography Workshop, an arts center in London's East End where photography could be produced, exhibited, published, and debated. He co-edited its influential Camerawork magazine 1976-1980.
Paul Trevor was a part-time lecturer in photography for the City of London Polytechnic (now London Guildhall University) in 1979 and for North East London Polytechnic (1974-1977)
These collaborative projects compensated for his lack of formal photographic education. Today his work is in public and private collections around the world.
(Vintage photographs were taken across 25 years in London'...)
2019(Extreme close-ups of Londoners in the '80s show the class...)
Quotes from others about the person
Roger Estop, London Independent Photography Journal: "Paul Trevor reacts strongly against being pigeonholed. He is motivated by a basic enthusiasm for photography and communication, people, their energy and interactions and is influenced by the European photographic tradition - more emotional, less constrained than the British tradition. His work has never fallen into a rut, and he has always looked towards new ideas."