Peter Carney is a freelance photographer and multimedia producer and through his company petercarney.net can produce commercial and editorial solutions covering photography, videography, multimedia production and print design. Peter is currently based in Beijing, China

Peter is a passionate visual educator and currently runs photography workshops at the Culture Yard in Beijing and has also taught a course in Multimedia Journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Peter was also part of a World Press Photo project putting together together a comprehensive series of multimedia journalism training videos for the website Shuta.org which aims to train journalists in Africa.

Peter is a graduate of the internationally acclaimed MA in Photojournalism and documentary Photography course from the University of Bolton and has worked documenting Blind Professionals in China and is currently working on several documentary projects covering football in China, cycling in Beijing and also the hutongs of Beijing.

Peter’s work has been exhibited internationally and published in several major publications including, The Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Korean Times, China Daily and GEO Italy. Peter has worked with international clients such as Intel, Kappa, and Vertu Mobile Phones as well as NGO’s like the Red Cross China and the Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Centre.

“I love living and working in China and especially Beijing which I think is currently one of the most interesting and dynamic cities in the world, there is so much to photograph here and so many stories to tell. ”