PROFILE | British born photojournalist Peter Caton (b.1976) has been working as a professional since 1998 both in the UK and overseas covering a wide variety of compelling stories which have a high impact and highlight a multitude of social, environmental and health issues faced by people across the world.

Ten years ago, Peter completed an Honours Degree in Photography in Middlesborough where he gained first hand experience of the hardships of working class life in northern England. He was brought up in Scarborough on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. His parents’ run a large orphanage and their involvement in child care work has influenced his awareness of social issues and shaped his career as a photojournalist with a conscience who focuses his lense on humanitarian causes.

After several trips to Asia in early 2006 Peter committed himself to live with two rucksacks and to work on the road in India as a freelance professional. A notable amount of his work has been commissioned by NGOs. His clients include AIDS ALLIANCE, LEPRA, Tearfund, CARE, Greenpeace and the British Red Cross which have also permitted him to continue his long-term projects such as HIV/AIDS and TB control in India, and the final push against leprosy. 

Peter's black and white photo-documentary about leprosy saw him displayed in the National Portrait Gallery in London for the John Kobal Portrait Award in 2001. 

In 2007 Peter undertook a study of climate refugees in the Sunderbans region of India where over 4 million people inhabit 52 vulnerable islands. Just after, In November 2007, the Sunderbans area in Bangladesh was affected by the Cyclone Sidr and Peter was able to document the straight aftermath on behalf of CARE International and Muslim Aid.

More recently, he visited Mozambique on behalf of Tearfund, photographing the victims of AIDS/ HIV. Continuing with his environmental work, "The True Cost of Coal" Campaign for Greenpeace saw Peter documenting the precarious lives around India's largest coal belt in Jharia.

Other recent assignments have seen Peter covering stories in Canada, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal and Siberia.
    
Currently, Peter is planning a project to investigate the River Ganges by exploring how the lives along the river are being affected by climate change. The project is part of his long term work on humanity affected by their environment.