Maximum cool: Paul Yule’s photojournalism casts creative figures in a new light
//Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood at Paul Yule’s studio in Berwick Street, Soho, central London, 1980//
//Filmmaker Alex Cox directing an Oxford University Dramatic Society production of Bertholt Brecht’s The Resistable Rise Of Arturo Ui, 1975//
Here are just a few examples of the riches presented by photojournalist/filmmaker Paul Yule’s highly recommended Instagram feed @paul_yule.
//Bow Wow Wow singer Anabella L’win and manager Malcolm McLaren at L’Escargot restaurant in Greek Street, Soho, immediately prior to the group signing with RCA Records, 1981//
//Westwood with freshly printed t-shirts bearing the design She’s Dead I’m Alive I’m Yours, produced upon the death in New York of Sid Vicious’ girlfriend Nancy Spungen, October 1978//
//Fashion designer Paul Smith in the studio above his shop in Floral Street, Covent Garden, London, 1990//
Yule – whose distinguished track record includes 30-odd films – regularly updates his IG account with images from his archive of portraiture and reportage. These reveal Yule’s consistency in casting familiar figures from the worlds of art, design, fashion, film, literature, music and theatre in new lights.
By no means restricting his activities to the UK, Yule has worked all over the world, from South Africa (where he was born) to the Sinai Desert to Peru, and shot a wide variety of subjects, from politicians to peasant life.
//Rehearsal for an OUDS production of Cabaret at the Oxford Playhouse directed by Greg Herzov, 1976//
All photos as they appear on @paul_yule by his kind permission.
Find out more about Paul Yule’s work at his website here.