Mike Peters
Mike Peters was so impressed on seeing the New York photography exhibition The Family of Man" that he quit his career as a jazz musician and became a photographer overnight.
His first commercial photograph of a visiting jazz musician was published in his local newspaper. His works have since appeared in hundreds of publications, including The Sunday Times, Observer and Telegraph magazines.
Mike's first major photographic essay, "Rus in Urbe, a study of London's countryside" appeared in the Illustrated London News in 1966 and subsequently toured the world in a Kodak travelling exhibition.
As a photojournalist, Mike has covered a huge variety of subjects, from publicity pictures for Shelter, the charity for the homeless, to portraits of politicians and actors. Industrial photography has taken him on oil rigs and down coal mines; his sports portfolio includes athletics, football, sailing and his favourite pastime, angling. His travel photography has taken him twice around the world and his latest project on Cuba is ongoing.
All Mike's photographs are hand-printed from the original negatives (except the larger copy of "Revolucion", which is a signed giclee print) and he retains the copyright.
His photographs of the Rolling Stones at the beginning of their career were taken when Mike's jazz band was playing at Eel Pie Island in Twickenham and at the National Jazz Festival in Richmond.
In The Gallery
Contemporary Art
Contemporary
Art.
We are concentrating on 'affordable' art rather than the high end of the market, with prices
mostly within the £150 - £2,000 bracket.
Jeffrey Jaye
Jeffrey Jaye has produced a series of panoramas
of the Thames through London and Richmond,
Twickenham and Teddington, all of which are on display here in his own inimitable style.
Mike Peters
Mike Peters' pictures of the Rolling Stones
when they played in Richmond and Twickenham in the 1960s are collectors' items. His images of
Cuba are iconic, particularly "Revolucion", are available as a signed giclee print.