Words for My Pictures – Musings on Photography & Art
Discover insights, stories, and reflections from Paul Foley’s fine art photography blog.
Newcastle Club Foundation Art Prize 2025
Grateful to have my photograph recognised as a semi-finalist in the Newcastle Club Foundation Art Prize 2025. This work is about intersections—of place, memory, and light—where stories of the past and present continue to meet.
The magnificent journey of light and waves.
Storms had raged through the night, leaving a wild and untamed sea crashing tirelessly against the jagged edge of a rocky, steadfast shoreline.
night surf
A photograph usually freezes a unique moment. In some of my work, I encapsulate multiple moments - the fragments of what I see and experience - in a single frame. The result is a picture that compresses my observations into a blend of motion and emotion. With each lens opening, I strive to witness familiar places in a way that is uniquely my own.
Pedestrians - Street Photography in New York City
These pictures are part of a series I made in the 2 minutes and 26 seconds after 3.38pm on October 19, 2013. I had been walking along W53rd Street when I noticed how the sun, shining down 5th Avenue, was being bounced around by the high-rises and shop fronts.