Paul has been working with the Extraordinary Moves team to explore and capture the themes of the project.
Paul Floyd Blake is a Jamaican-English photographer who started his professional career over a decade ago, after working as a lorry driver and a semi-professional footballer. After graduating with a first class degree, one of Paul’s first commissions was as a photographer for the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002, which resulted in the exhibition and publication AFTERSHOCK. Paul’s interest in sports documentary photography was developed through a body of work entitled Sports for Sport’s Sake, which was exhibited in Leeds, Manchester and as part of the international exhibition The Human Game. An image from On Track for 2012 was overall winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in 2009. Paul’s work focuses on the intricacies of ordinary life, blending classical compositions with contemporary issues. More information can be found at www.floydphotography.co.uk.
Different Strokes: Extraordinary Swimmers Photographed by Paul Floyd Blake
Different Strokes brings together Paul Floyd Blake’s photographs of three remarkable female swimmers: thirteen year-old Danielle Bailey - a potential Paralympics Champion - swimming at The Hydro in Harrogate; portraits of teenage swimmer Rosie Bancroft; and images of Jane Grant at Starbeck Baths. This exhibition challenges perceptions of disability and describes the joy that comes from...
Extraordinary Moves
What does it mean to be human? What would it mean to be more than human? Would you like to perform better than ever before: run a mile in half a minute, leap tall buildings in a single bound? What if technology could make this happen? Maybe it can........ In the 21st century anything seems...
