Paul Lowe was born on 6 November 1963 in London and grew up in Liverpool. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1986 with a BA in history and philosophy. He earned a BTEC in documentary photography from Gwent College of Higher Education; and a PhD in photography from the University of the Arts London. He worked as a photojournalist in more than 80 countries from the 1980s to the 2000s. The first major event he covered was the fall of the Berlin Wall and went on to cover the Romanian Revolution, Nelson Mandela's release from prison, the Yugoslav Wars, the destruction of Grozny, and famine in Africa. He was course leader of the MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication; a visiting professor in war studies at King's College London; and taught at an academy through the VII Foundation. His books and lectures, many of which dealt with the history of photojournalism and the ethics of representing human suffering through images, often spoke of photography's potential to help bear witness to atrocities. He tragically died in northern Los Angeles County, United States, on 12 October 2024.
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