About

Guy Peterson is a British freelance photojournalist represented by Panos Pictures based in Milan, Italy, covering the Middle East. Guy regularly strings for AFP (Agence France Presse) across West Africa and works on assignment for The Washington Post, De Volkskrant, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Vogue and Al Jazeera amongst others as well as for notable NGO’s such as Save The Children Action Against Hunger and The World Health Organisation.

Prior to his pivot to the Middle East, Guy was based in Dakar for five years covering West and Central Africa extensively,His work focuses on documenting politics, climate change, humanitarian crisis, migration, human interest and conflict across the Sahel and West Africa with work published from 17 countries in the region.

Guy’s impactful work on human rights abuses in Guinea-Bissau’s drug rehabilitation centers was recently nominated for the Amnesty Human Rights Media Awards in 2024. As part of an investigation into the supply chain of super market salmon in the UK with a team from the Financial Times Guy’s work was also given an honourable mention in the Kevin Carmody Award for outstanding investigative reporting at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual awards.

Guy graduated from Falmouth University with a first class honours in Marine and Natural History Photography.