Since graduating with a BA (Hons) Photography from The Northern School of Art, Peter Caton has built an internationally recognised career as a documentary photographer, using photography to explore humanitarian issues and the impact of climate change on communities around the world.
Peter’s work has taken him across Asia, Africa and South America, where he has spent more than two decades documenting some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian and environmental issues, living for long periods out of a single suitcase. His photography has been commissioned by international organisations including Greenpeace, Save the Children, CARE, WWF, UNHCR, UNAIDS, Oxfam, IPPF and the Red Cross, and published by The Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian, The Washington Post, the BBC, Marie Claire, Esquire and Le Figaro.
A defining focus of Peter’s career has been documenting the human impact of climate change. His work in the Sundarbans region of India, where communities are increasingly threatened by rising sea levels and extreme weather, became a significant turning point in his practice. His Sinking Sundarbans project, created in partnership with Greenpeace, was exhibited at the Oxo Gallery in London before travelling internationally.
Peter has subsequently documented environmental and humanitarian issues across the globe. His work in Brazil’s Cerrado examined the impact of agribusiness and monoculture on one of the world’s most biodiverse savannahs, and was projected onto the exterior of the Museum of Modern Art in Brasília. Food for Life explored organic farming through a global photographic essay exhibited in Milan. His work has also taken him to drought-affected communities in East Africa and to Mozambique following Cyclone Idai.
His long-running project Unyielding Floods documents communities in South Sudan living through years of devastating flooding. Commissioned by Action Against Hunger, the project has received significant international recognition, including first place in the Environmental category at the 2021 International Photography Awards and further honours from Communication Arts and All About Photo.
Peter’s monochrome portraits of leprosy patients have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, and his work has been exhibited internationally throughout his career, including in London, Brazil and Milan.
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