Paul has worked as a staff photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Melbourne Age and The Australian Financial Review and as a freelance photojournalist for The Australian, The Sun Herald, The London Times, The Guardian, Associated Press Agency and Agence France-Presse.
Paul was in South Africa to witness the end of apartheid from 1993 to 1994. And has spent two years in Jerusalem, from 1996 to 1998, documenting the Israel/Palestine conflict. He has also worked as a sound recordist and cameraman for TCN Nine television news.
In 2001, he produced his first book, It’s Only A Job, with friend and colleague Phil Thornton. In 2005, he took up the position of Photo Editor for The Business Review Weekly Magazine, based in Melbourne, Australia. And he published his second book, Latitude 8.5697° S Longitude 123.3991° E, Living with the Last Whale Hunters of Indonesia, in 2023 as part of a Master's in Advanced Journalism.
Paul is currently a PhD Candidate (Media and Communications) at RMIT, a tutor in Multimedia Features and Investigative Journalism at UTS, and freelances as a multimedia photo/videographer and journalist.