"Growing up in the surf of Southern California, Paul graduated with an arts degree in English/Creative Writing from college in San Diego and immediately set off to travel the world in search of stories. However, he unexpectedly found himself in the fashion industry and utilized modeling to travel the world for the next decade. During this adventurous time he realized his method of storytelling was through images as well as words, and proceeded to teach himself the art of photography. In 2006 he moved to New York to pursue photography full-time.