Paul Mitchell

About Paul Mitchell

As well as being a respected judge, Paul is much in demand as a speaker at photographic societies all round the country.

According to Paul’s website:

Paul’s interest for photography began at school. He then studied graphic design at art college and soon after began his design career in London working for many well known packaged goods companies and brands.

He has had many exhibitions in London and the South East and articles and images published in many photographic magazines. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and is the current Chair of the Visual Art Distinctions panel and a member of the Landscape Distinctions Panel.

He is a member of the prestigious invitation-only Arena group of “photographers from the south” and a founder member of The Landscape Collective UK (LCUK). Arena is a member of the SCPF.

In the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, he won the the Sunday Times Choice Award in 2013, the Urban Category winner in 2015 and commended in 2017 and 2018. He has also had successes in the Outdoor Photographer of the Year and the International Garden Photographer of the Year.