Writers are often good at eye contact. They know what it means. Peter brings us in close to Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy, Margaret Atwood, John Hegley, Simon Armitage and Roger McGough. And when his subject’s not looking, he makes photographs that reveal their character, e.g. George Barker and Arthur Miller.
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Poets Alistair Reid and Oliver Bernard at Snape, Suffolk, September 2008
Arthur Miller, playwright, photographed during an actors workshop at the University of East Anglia in 1991
Billy Collins, United States Poet Laureate 2001-2003, photographed at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, August 2006
Writer, Broadcaster and gardener Bob Flowerdew at his home in Norfolk, March 2024
Dame Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 2009-2019. The portrait was made on stage at Snape Maltings in Suffolk August 2008. The photograph has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery and has been published in a number of NPG publications.
Poet and Rhodes Schola Christian Campbell at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Suffolk, November 2010. This photograph was incorporated into the design of the Bahamian 70c postage stamp in 2013
Poet and Rhodes Scholar Christian Campbell at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Suffolk, November 2010. This photograph was incorporated into the design of the Bahamian 70c postege stamp in 2013
George Barker, poet, photographed at his home in Norfolk 1988
Gore Vidal, American writer and public intellectual photographed at The University of East Anglia UK in 1991
Poets Ian McMillan and John Hegley, Snape, Suffolk, August 2014
John Hegley ,musician and poet reading and performing at the Burston Strike School Rally, Norfolk, September 2019
Margaret Attwood at Snape, Suffolk, August 2008
Margaret Attwood at Snape, Suffolk, August 2008
Michael Hamburger translater, poet critc and academic at his home in Suffolk.A print of this photograph has been acquired for the Permanent Photographs Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London
Roger McGough, poet, Photographed during the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Suffolk October 2006
Seamus Heaney, poet, author, translator and Nobel prize winner photographed during the sound checks for his reading at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, August 2010
Simon Armitage is an English poet, playright, musician and novelist appointed Poet Laureate in 2019. This portrait of Simon was photographed at Snape, Suffolk in 2005
Simon Armitage is an English poet, playright, musician and novelist appointed Poet Laureate in 2019. This portrait of Simon was photographed at Snape, Suffolk in 2005
Taha Muhammad Ali, a Palestinian poet and shopkeeper from Galilee. Taha wrote vividly and with great wisdom of his childhood and the political upheavals he survived. Taha is seen here with his friend and translator Peter Cole at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, November 2007
