Contact sheets
A personal account of a first foreign assignment in 1999 and how time, context and accountability can radically alter the way we read old work.
Peter’s Substack
My personal Substack
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In conversation with Martin Parr
Dench recalls a trip to interview Parr at home in 2011.
Healing power of photography
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Carry on England
From Brexit to beaches, camera in hand chasing the truth behind the flag, the pint and the myth of who we think we are.
Tree Tops
This book on photographs of trees have a strong slant towards newer, more unusual projects that capture a wealth of forms, landscapes and ecosystems.
Golden Oldies
Created during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, a series of photographs featuring care home residents went viral - five years later they still resonate.
The Imptortance of Being Ernst
Ernst Leitz II of the Leica camera company was at the centre of a rescue effort in which Jews were smuggled out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust.
Don, Dench & the French
It’s advised never to meet your heroes - what about exhibit alongside them?
Wrestling With Identity and Resilience
Photographer Tariq Zaidi journeys to the heart of South Kordofan to capture a culture fighting to survive.
The Brutality of Staring
Documentary directed by Raoul Peck shines a light on the powerful yet under-recognised work of South African photographer Ernest Cole.