Paul Lowe (photographer)

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. ==Life and work==

Lowe worked as a photojournalist in more than 80 countries from the 1980s to the 2000s. Lowe was a member of the VII Photo Agency; he had also been a member of Magnum Photos in 1998 but withdrew at some later point. He was Course Director of the MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at 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." ==Personal life==

Lowe met Amra Abadzic in Sarajevo while she was working as a journalist for Reuters. The couple married in 1995 and spent much of their life in Sarajevo, her hometown. He divided his time between London and Sarajevo. His 19-year-old son, Emir, was charged with his murder. Lowe had travelled to Los Angeles to try to help his son, who has a history of mental illness and had not returned in two months from a trip to the US that was supposed to last days. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department apprehended his son soon after he crashed the car he and Lowe had been using while touring the San Gabriel mountains. ==Publications==

• Bosnians. Saqi and the Bosnian Institute, London, 2005. With an essay by Allan Little. . • Behind the Camera: Creative Techniques of 100 Great Photographers. Prestel, 2016. . • Photography Masterclass: Creative Techniques of 100 Great Photographers. London: Thames & Hudson, 2016. . • 1001 Photographs You Must See in Your Lifetime. Universe, 2017. . • A Chronology of Photography: A Cultural Timeline from Camera Obscura to Instagram. London: Thames & Hudson, 2018. . • Understanding Photojournalism. With Jennifer Good. Routledge, 2020. . • ''Photography Rules: Essential Dos and Don'ts from Great Photographers''. Frances Lincoln, 2020. . • Reporting the Siege of Sarajevo. With Kenneth Morrison. Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. . • Ernst Haas: The American West. Prestel, 2022. . • Photography, Bearing Witness and the Yugoslav Wars, 1988–2021: Testimonies of Light. Routledge, 2022. . ==Awards==

• 1999: Vic Odden Award, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK ==References==