Paul Blackmore – Bio

by Paul Blackmore captures in powerful black and white, and colour imagery the importance of water to humanity. These works explore how water flows through the physical, spiritual and daily lives of people around the world. In the International Year of Fresh Water, Blackmore's work focuses our attention on water as a precious resource, a life source and a fundamental need. Even in Australia, one of the driest countries in the world, many people take our continuing supply of clean water for granted.

Paul Blackmore was born in Australia and after graduating from university began his travels across the country. These evolved into a project looking at how Australians relate to the land and each other. In 1999 a book of this work, Australians: Responses to the Land was published. His time spent in remote Aboriginal communities led him to an active role in the land rights movement. In 1997 he made the photographs for the Human Rights Commission's Report into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Blackmore moved to Paris in 1999 where he continues to work for various European and Australian publications.