Kate Peters is a photographer based in London, England
Originally hailing from the midlands, Kate is based in London and works internationally.
Spanning genres, Kate’s work is informed by a respect and understanding of the craft of image-making. She has a particular interest in the representation of women and notions of identity. Her work aims to tell stories, to make us think.
Highlights in her career journey include a Guardian Weekend Magazine commission to photograph 32 Olympic hopefuls including Sir Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah and having her portrait of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikilieaks featured on the cover of TIME magazine.
In 2015 Kate was invited by the National Portrait Gallery to be the Creative Connections artist, she collaborated with Year 10 art students from Haverstock school to produce workshops and create new artworks for the gallery.
About Stranger Than Fiction – words by Kate Peters:
Stranger Than Fiction aims to transcend the documentary tradition, these isolated moments depicting not just what is present but also alluding to the history of place.The work explores the idea of an unreal reality, a search for authenticity in the landscape, the personal marks we make on our surroundings. I looked for responses to the American landscape that had a visual link to cinematic archetypes, ambiguous images that could be be read as film sets without the actors. These images are fragments of a story, suspended narratives created by anonymous players in a place where realty has created it’s own fiction.
