About Paul Westlake
What matters to me is the dream.
For over four decades I have pursued photographs that endure—images with narrative, atmosphere, and a timeless quality that remain long after fashion, trends, and visual gimmicks have passed.
Paul Westlake is a New York–based fashion and portrait photographer. Born in England and raised in Australia, he began his career in Sydney in 1985, working with leading titles including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Marie Claire, and GQ before relocating to New York in 1996.
Since then, he has established an international practice, creating editorial, portrait, and commercial commissions for leading publications and brands worldwide. His photographs are distinguished by a cinematic restraint, an intuitive use of light, and an enduring belief that the strongest images reveal something beyond what is immediately visible.
In 2025, Westlake was commissioned by the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, to photograph the two publications accompanying the exhibition Costume Art (2026): the illustrated catalogue written by Andrew Bolton and published by Yale University Press, and the limited-edition deluxe publication The Body Electric.
Westlake is also a founding collaborator and co-producer of Pan & The Dream, the collectible art and style publication created with Nathalie Agussol. His monograph, Postcards from a Dream, brings together photographs drawn from more than three decades of his archive.