Portraits from the Extinction Rebellion protest in Trafalgar Square, London in October 2019.
Members of the British Indian community celebrate Ganesh in the autumn sun earlier this year.
To the small and simple cafes of London, quietly ticking over. Overalls, formica tables, a portable calor gas heater in winter, small cakes in colours no longer seen elsewhere, stainless steel teapots.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/The_surfers_of_Tynemouth
My project about the surfers of Tynemouth in the North East of England has been published by the BBC. I am interested in the North East’s spirit and sense of place and how this connected to the surfing in the North Sea. I am also interested in the inclusive nature of surfing in the North East, everyone together.
Eudon Choi autumn/winter 2019 in February in London.
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My story about the Galgael Trust in Glasgow has been published by the BBC today. Here’s a link to the story below and to the Galgael’s site. The Galgael workshop in Govan is a welcoming place full of great people, where the most marginalised in the city can come and learn to work with wood, built boats and feel like they are part of a wider family, a clan.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_extraordinary_power_of_a_lump_of_wood
Really pleased to announce that my article on the Faroe Islands postal workers made the Chartbeat list of Most Engaged Stories 2018.
My project about Peckham BMX has been published by the BBC today. Here’s a link and a link to the project on my site
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/parklife
https://www.christianpetersen.com/peckhambmx/
The club are doing great things in their community, here’s a link to their website ;
Manor House
Walthamstow marshes in winter. This is part of my ongoing series about nature and survival in London.
David. Camberwell, South London. This photograph is part of a wider project about London I’m working on.
I have received an honourable mention from the judges at the Prix De La Photographie Paris 2018 for my work on the Faroese postal service.
My work on the Faroese postal workers and the important role they play in connecting both the Faroe Islands and it’s people has been published by the BBC today. Here is the link to the piece if you’d like to read it,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/faroe_islands_postal_service
I bumped into Tam ‘Willie’ Nelson on the streets of Govan in Glasgow in spring. What a great bloke.
Mr. Oriole sang like the birds in his native Caribbean. Although he lived a very simple life in a virtually empty flat in Hackney.
