Peter Kyte

FOTOG is an Urban and Fine Art photography business, working in the museum, schools and community projects sectors. We also undertake photography for events (such as conferences), buildings photography and other private commissions. Our work covers a wide variety of project types, including  buildings, places and spaces, historic settings, heritage, regeneration and community projects. You can see some of our portfolio at www.fotog.info and a detailed Working Profile and Creative Statement are available on request.  

Our principal Photographer is Peter Kyte, who is a Licentiate Member of the British Institute of Professional Photography, a Member of the Group for Education in Museums and has a teacher training qualification in the Lifelong Learning sector (PTLLS). He is also a Chartered Town Planner and Chartered Geography, and has run his own town planning consultancy for 24 years.

PETER' S CREATIVE STATEMENT

My work focuses on a combination of documentary and creative photography, with a strong artistic expression. I seek to not only record what I see around me but also to provide a personal perceptive angle on the environmental experience. My work over the last 2 years has gravitated towards a more artistic style. 

I view the urban scene as a series of infinite still images, which are linked together in an ongoing narrative – a sort of ‘urban movie’. It is the photographer's skill to seek out the best still images from the ‘movie’ and translate them into successful photographs. This image choice process is what Henri Cartier-Bresson called the "decisive moment".

Each image captured on film or digital sensor is like a ‘memory’ of a given moment in time. Thus, a photograph can evoke ‘memories’ in the viewer that are vivid, powerful and emotionally moving. I seek to achieve these aspects in my work. 

I like photography that makes the viewer ‘think outside the image frame’. My work seeks to give a perception of what is occurring beyond the image’s edges, communicating a sense of what is happening in the wider setting.

My more recent work has sought to close the gap between 2D art work and photographic images, and at the same time study issues such as light, reflection, perspective and contrast. This has resulted in works such as ‘StreetPipes’, ‘Sun on Sand’, ‘Sun on Clouds’ and the ‘Reflections on the Lloyds Building’ series.

My photography has made me into an improved observer and helped me to understand the environment around me. Through this influence I am now seeking to apply the theme of ‘learning through photography’ and am becoming involved in photographic education in community projects and local museum work. In this way my photography has become a creative, educational and enlightening process that I will continue to pursue.…”

WORK & PROJECT EXAMPLES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST