About
I’m Paul Treacy. An Irishman in the UK. Compulsive photographer & self-publisher. Camera always to hand as life comes at me.
Worked in news, documentary & high end commercial property photography. Forever seeking pictures for myself as I moved between assignments.
Initially trained in graphic design in Ireland, moved to the UK in '91 to complete studies in photography. Hated the course so left to work for local newspapers before progressing quickly to the nationals.
Moved to New York City in '99 to attend the Documentary Photography & Photojournalism Program at the International Center of Photography School.
Publications and clients have included The New York Times Magazine, Irish Times, BBC, CNN, Press Association, Apple, Court TV, A&E Network, Guardian, Sunday Times, CoStar Group UK and beyond.
I have recently taken a stall at Greenwich Market in London two days a week selling my books and prints, meeting customers and demonstrating my bookmaking techniques.
SOME REVIEWS
"Paul Treacy’s images live in the in-between spaces, moments suspended in the amber light of night where stories linger just out of reach. Through silhouettes and playful, sometimes uncanny subjects, his work invites us to explore the tension between presence and absence, memory and imagination. The consistent orange hue across his photographs stitches together a dreamlike narrative that feels familiar, yet distant, like the flicker of a childhood memory resurfacing under the streetlights." - Millennium Images
BBC News: A Pandemic Constitutional in Pictures
Millennium Images contributor since 2003
ICP alumnus, class of 2000
Member of The Photobook Club Collective
Bravery Medalist, 1991
Books:
Passerby (ongoing handmade series)
Solivagants (launching at Photo London 2025)
Mixed Messages
Woofers
Observing The Flag
Exhibitions:
2026 Daily Constitutional, Hinterland, Many Happy Returns & After Nightfall at Books on Photography Festival (BOP) in Bristol.
2026 Daily Constitutional, Hinterland, Many Happy Returns & After Nightfall at the inaugural TRACE Artist Book Fair in Plymouth
2026 Solivagants, magazine edition and prints at Photo London
2025 Many Happy Returns at Books on Photography Festival (BOP) in Bristol
2025 Solivagants, handmade edition at Photo London
2025 Collective Visions (group), Proud Gallery, London
2025 After Nightfall (solo), Bremen, Germany, December 2024 through March 2025
2023 Daily Constitutional at Books on Photography Festival (BOP) in Bristol
2014 Seeing Sydenham (solo) at On The Hoof Gallery and Bistro, Sydenham, London
2012 Creative Quarter (group) at C&C Gallery, Forrest Hill, London
2011 Seeing Sydenham, (solo) SugaHill Gallery Cafe, London
2010 London Independent Photography, (group) Strand Gallery, London
2010 Flying Space Hoppers, projection at SlideLuck PotShow, Shoreditch House, London
2010 Flying Space Hoppers, projection at Format Festival, Derby
2009 Flying Space Hoppers, projection at Host Gallery, London
2006 Crosswalks: Contemporary Street Photography, (group) Oklahoma City Museum of Art
2005 New York's Irish, (solo) Garden City Public Library, Long Island, New York
2004 New York's Irish, (solo) Irish Arts Center, New York City
2000 International Center of Photography School: Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Program, Chelsea Arts, New York City
1998 Stolen Moments, (solo) Irish Arts Center, New York City
