Paul Joyce (born 1940,^[1] or 1941^[2] or 1944^[3]) is a British photographer and filmmaker.^[4] His portraits of artists are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London^[5] and his Welsh landscape photographs are held in the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.^[6]

Life and work

Joyce was born in Winchester, Hampshire.^[1]

Between 1976 and 1979 he visited Wales on several occasions, resulting in a touring exhibition and a catalogue.^[7] He is the author of two books based on conversations with David Hockney.^[7]

In 1977, Joyce directed a production of The Caretaker by Harold Pinter at Greenwich Theatre.^[8][9]

Publications

Books by Joyce

• From Edge to Edge: Photographs of the Welsh Landscape. London: Lucida, 1983. ISBN 9780950884400. Exhibition catalogue.
• Hockney on Photography: Conversations with Paul Joyce. London: Cape/Random House, 1988. ISBN 978-0224024846.
• Hockney on Art: Conversations with Paul Joyce. New York; London: Little, Brown. 2000; ISBN 9780224024846 / 2008; ISBN 978-1408701577.

Books with contributions by Joyce

• About Seventy Photographs. Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980. ISBN 978-0728702097.
• Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir. Dublin: Hachette, 2016. By John Banville, with photographs by Joyce. ISBN 978-1473619043.^[10]

Film and television

• Warriors' Gate, Doctor Who (1981) – directed by Joyce^[2]

Solo exhibitions

• Paul Joyce: Photographs of Elders, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1977/78^[11]
• Edge to Edge – Photographs of the Welsh Landscape. Toured by the Welsh Arts Council. Curated by Colin Ford.^[7]

Collections

Joyce's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Arts Council Collection, UK^[12]
• Government Art Collection, UK^[2]
• Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff: 12 landscape prints (as of 12 September 2021)^[6]
• National Portrait Gallery, London: 51 prints of artists (as of 12 September 2021)^[5]
• Tate, London: 1 print (as of 12 September 2021)^[3]