Posts by Paul Mortlock

Portraiture

Stranger Portraits

Mark Moran’s black and white film series capturing quiet, instinctive encounters with strangers, where mood, light, and subtlety take precedence over spectacle.

Documentary

Road to Damascus

Michael Wriston captures America’s backroad gospel in bold, sun-bleached signs—part sermon, part spectacle—shouting belief into the roar of passing trucks.

Documentary

The Arm of Trani

Juan Galán documents life on Trani’s breakwater — a social crossroads where locals of all ages gather daily to swim, fish, talk, and connect by the sea.

Documentary

Railwaymen

Stephen Lovell-Davis captured, from within, the quiet resilience and brotherhood of Euston’s railwaymen in the early ’80s.

Documentary

Paul’s Barber Shop

Photographer Andy Holloway captures a day in Paul’s Barber Shop, blending images and recorded conversations to document a Liverpool institution in a changing neighbourhood.

Documentary

My Ukranian Family

Spanning a century of upheaval, Christian Mushenko’s project traces a photographer’s return to his ancestral roots — revealing the fragile, beautiful truth of belonging.

Fine Art

Whispers Through Glass

Cary Jobe gently dissolves the boundary between reflection and reality, capturing the quiet poetry hidden in life’s transient moments.

Portraiture

Going Silver

Kelly Sinclair’s photo project celebrates the strength, beauty and wisdom of silver-haired women.