Peter Stanway

Journeys
My desire to journey started as a young boy. I even dreamed of going on journeys. I started hitch-hiking around the UK at the age of fourteen and on my sixteenth birthday, I was waiting at the ferry point in Dover, England armed with my first passport that would allow me to journey throughout Europe. Over my teenage years, I journeyed through Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France.

My journey into adulthood took me to the Glasgow School of Art where I studied Fine Art and Mixed Media. I was disillusioned there by the pervading apathy among the students. After leaving Art School, my life journey took me into a career as a photographer. I set-up my first professional studio in Glasgow and quickly progressed from general photography to working mainly with the pop/rock culture in the UK and with the mainstream London-based music tabloids; Sounds, Melody Maker, Smash Hits and Noise, etc., often covering their main feature for the front and centre pages. Altogether, I worked with over five-hundred different bands including some famous bands like; Spandau Ballet, U2, Simple Minds, Haircut 100, The Bluebells, Altered Images, Culture Club, Toyah, UB40, Marillion, The Clash, The Jam and many Indie and Punk ba...

Glasgow School of Art; 1973-1977

La Victoria, Cordoba, Spain 1991
La Conquista, Cordoba, Spain 1992
Mijas Town Hall, Mijas, Spain 2013
Tamisa Golf Hotel, Mijas, Spain 2013
Mijas THR Hotel, Mijas, Spain 2013
Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland 2013
Collection Rimon, Marbella, Spain 2014