About

I was fourteen when I bought my first camera, a Box Brownie from Woolworth’s. The Lake District, I knew and loved so profoundly as a boy, was to be reimagined for the rest of my life, wherever I was. Beauty became everywhere in the everyday.

I studied at the Harrow School of Photography, wrote about photography, evaluated its materials, and for almost twenty years ran the Technical Publications Department at Ilford Limited. I took landscapes and became steeped in black and white photography. The first calendar published by Ilford Limited in Europe and then in the USA used my images. I was awarded a fellowship by the British Institute of Professional Photographers, and gained a degree in chemistry and maths, a masters in the management of change, and was awarded a doctorate for my research with the Congolese community seeking refuge here in Derby in the East Midlands of the United Kingdom. I ran my own consultancy company for several years and became a champion of quality assurance and corporate identity. This experience increased my visual curiosity; it helped me to see better.

The pictures I take of the everyday are visualised entirely ‘in the camera’; retouching and cropping are kept to a minimum. I want to feature the ordinary as extraordinary.

My images are printed on quality paper, mounted and framed professionally, and finished to meet my customer’s requirements.

Thank you for taking time to visit this website.

Dr Peter Walker BA (Hons), MSc., Ed.D, FBIPP, FISTC