Peter Steedman

What attracts me to take a photograph, is a fascination with the way the appearance of something changes as the light moves across it.

Photography for me is about how light falls on things and how to affect the amount and angles at which it arrives - capturing a moment when a texture or pattern emerges, that may never occur again.

A big influence is the portrayal of light by great painters: Vermeer, Dali or Hopper handle light in ways that make me want to take pictures.

Within the wider interest in light, I also see sub-themes emerge in my work: derelict or abandoned buildings crop up repeatedly, often driven by an interest in the stories they tell and by strong family roots in Ireland, where empty houses and cottages seem to grow organically out of the ground at the same time as they decay back into it, casting shadows of the lives of the people who lived in them.

I don't really like to title my photographs - other than strictly factual labels to enable catalogue identification - I want to avoid influencing the viewers' own reactions and interpretations: hopefully they will see the movement of light over the subject and experience the same delight and awe that I did when I took the photograph and then go on their own j...

Self-taught

Burgh House, Hampstead, London - July 2015

Shamineh Art Gallery, Hampstead, London – May ~ June 2015

Apthorp Gallery ~ Barnet Open, London (Winner) - March ~ April 2015

Burgh House, Hampstead, London - December 2014

Art House ~ LJCC Open, Hampstead, London - October 2014

Apthorp Gallery ~ Barnet Open, London (Recommendation) - April ~ May 2014

Catto Gallery, Hampstead, London - November 2013

Art House ~ LJCC Open, London (Recommendation) - September ~ October 2013

Apthorp Gallery ~ Barnet Open, London (Recommendation) - July ~ September 2013

Spiral Gallery, Debenham, Suffolk - October 2012 ~ May 2013

Islington Arts Factory, Art Auction, London - November 2011

Lauderdale House, Highgate, London - June 2011

Ducartes, Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland - July ~ August 2010

London Irish Centre, Online Exhibition - June 2010

Permanent display at the London Irish Centre - From May 2010

Islington Arts Factory, Art Auction, London - November 2010

Judge for Lauderdale House Open Exhibition, London - Since 2009

Ducartes, Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland - May ~ July 2009

Lauderdale House, Highgate, London - November ~ December 2008

Ducartes, Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland - May ~ August 2008...