Silhouetted figures inside the great clock of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, overlooking the city.
Photography

Maya Paul

Landscape, street, and portrait work, from Paris, Versailles, South Korea, and beyond.
48.8566° N, 2.3522° EMusée d'Orsay
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Statement

I look for the angle, light, and perspective that reveal what was already there.

My work moves between landscape, street, and portrait photography, following the light and geometry within each city or countryside. Currently based in New York City, with an ongoing body of work from all over the world.

01

Landscape

A wide collection of places defined by serenity: gardens, skylines, water, composed for the angle that reveals scale.

02

Street

Serendipitous moments found in passing: light, silhouette, and the choreography of a motion filled city.

03

Portrait

A new focus within the work, beginning with a single frame from a Seoul side street.

In progress
The Seine at blue hour, looking toward the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Gallery I

PARIS

48.8566° N, 2.3522° E

Interiors of light and stone: the Louvre, Sacré-Cœur, and the slow blue hour along the Seine.

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Marie Antoinette's hameau reflected in the pond at Versailles.
Gallery II

VERSAILLES

48.8049° N, 2.1204° E

The hameau, the parterre gardens, and a late-autumn calm across the grounds.

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Seoul skyline silhouetted at sunset, South Korea.
Gallery III

SOUTH KOREA

37.5665° N, 126.9780° E

Cable lines over the DMZ fields, sunlit alleyways, and a single portrait on a Seoul side street.

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About

There are countless ways to look at the same thing.

I've always been drawn to the way perspective can transform an ordinary moment. My work is rooted in observing the world as it naturally unfolds: the subtle geometry of a landscape, the fleeting energy of a street, the expression on someone's face when they've forgotten about the camera.

I want my images to feel organic yet contemplative, intimate, and true to its respective moment. I photograph the perspective that makes me stop and look twice, and hopefully, makes you do the same.

mayapaulphotography@gmail.com