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Peter Collie

Photographer +

Peter has a commercial photo studio in Sydney Australia

Bio

Peter was born in England and has lived, studied and worked in Europe, America and now for over 10 years has been based in Sydney Australia where his commercial work has been mostly for fashion and music clients. His work has appeared in magazines such as Photo, American Photo, Black and White, West East, New York magazine, Vogue and many more. His photos promote many recording artists including Kasey Chambers, Alex Lloyd, End of Fashion, Katia Fuscaldo and has also shot many comedians including, Kelsey Grammar, Julian Cleary, Emo Phillips, Wil Anderson and Stephen Philp. He has also won a Canadian Music Award (similar to Aria in Australia) for the cover of the Oliver Jones CD Cooking at Sweet Basils. He has a way of getting the best out of sometimes complicated people and situations, and fuses that with the experience he has gained over years of shooting fashion, beauty and hair for the likes of Wella, L'Oreal and Cosmair. Peter’s clients value his ability to take a brief beyond their expectations. He got his start at 13 when a school friends dad who was a police forensic photographer showed them how to develop film.

Exhibitions + awards

  • People's Choice winner Shoot the Chef 2011
  • Shortlist Head On exhibition 2010
  • Nominee - Australian Photographer of the Year 2010
  • Book Body of Work shortlisted Photo Book Now award 2009
  • Nominee - Australian Photographer of the Year 2009
  • Finalist Head On group show at ACP 2008
  • Nominee - Australian Photographer of the Year 2008
  • Citibank Portrait Prize selection Art Gallery of N.S.W. 2006
  • Citibank Portrait Prize selection Art Gallery of N.S.W. 2004
  • Head On group show at Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney 2003
  • Art and About, outdoor group show , Hyde Park, Sydney Australia
  • Public Image Private Places, Blender Gallery, Sydney Australia 2002
  • Willoughby Art Prize, Fauve series, group show, Sydney Australia
  • Emergences, group show, Sydney Australia
  • Partial client list

  • TAG Heuer
  • Charles Jourdan
  • Wella
  • l'oreal
  • TAG Heuer
  • Innoxa cosmetics
  • Lonsdale London
  • EMI music
  • Sony BMG music
  • Warner music
  • Wish clothing
  • Wahine swimwear
  • Running Bare clothing
  • Utech
  • Uberstone
  • CEO menswear
  • Ron Bennett
  • Jim Beam
  • Breville
  • Excellarate
  • Junk clothing
  • Blooms clothing
  • Rebecca Thompson clothing
  • T&M clothing
  • Baku Jewellery
  • Pastiche Jewellery
  • Vina Jewellery
  • VGM music
  • GQ magazine
  • Men's Health magazine
  • Cleo magazine
  • Elle magazine
  • B&W magazine
  • Culture magazine
  • Good Weekend magazine
  • FHM magazine
  • Mitsubishi
  • Auto Salon magazine
  • QVB shopping centre
  • Village Voice magazine
  • West East magazine
  • Pulp magazine
  • Bent magazine
  • Noise magazine
  • Photo magazine
  • American Photo magazine
  • Capture magazine
  • Australian Guitar magazine
  • Education

    Dawson College Montreal

    1992 - 93
    Digital photography

    Photography:

    • computers and file management
    • backups and archiving
    • photoshop
    • theory of pixels, colour and bit depth
    • colour management and workflow

    Dawson College Montreal

    1981 - 83
    Diploma of Photography

    Photography:

    • studio and outdoor lighting
    • black and white darkroom
    • colour darkroom
    • fashion
    • product and still life

    Business:

    • how to run a profitable business
    • advertising and promotion
    • copyright and licensing
    • developing a look and reputation

    Ontario College of Art

    1978 - 79
    Diploma

    Subjects:

    • perspective drawing
    • abstract composition
    • colour theory
    Lycee Pierre Corneille Paris

    Subjects:

    • French
    • Philosophy
    • Physics

    Employment

    self - employed

    1990 - Present
    Photographer - petercollie.com

    Shooting:

    • Location and studio fashion and commercial photography
    • specialising in shooting people, models, celebrities, portraits
    • very good lighting skills

    Production and planning:

    • all aspects of producing imagery
    • preproduction
    • talent + locations
    • post production - familiar with print and web requirements
    • quoting, budget management

    guest lectures

    2008 - Present
    FBI fashion college - ICCP North Sydney

    Lecture topics:

    • location and studio fashion and commercial photography
    • theories of advertising and composition
    • how to run a photography business

    Moran Art Prize

    2006 - 08
    Create and run photo workshops

    Education + Presentation:

    • contracted to develop and run photo workshops in primary schools throughout australia
    • developed curriculum for 1 day program covering aesthetic and technical aspects
    • selected equipment required to run the program in which each person was provided a camera for the day
    • travelled australia wide giving over 100 workshops in urban and remote areas

    Apple Computer

    2006 - present
    test and present software and workflow

    Education + Presentation:

    • contacted to trial Aperture photo editing software and advise on improvements and problems
    • presented Aperture software and integrated workflows at sessions in Sydney and Brisbane
    • continuing dialogue on use and integration of both hardware and software in photography

    Interests & Skills

    Interests:

    • travel
    • art
    • sailing
    • film
    • people watching

    Skills:

    photography
    production + concept
    photoshop CS5
    presentation
    indesign - html
    sales