Peters work was mainly based around the tackling of difficult topics and he would take photos that address them but the photos are simple and the composition of them isn’t made to be complicated. Peters himself was a homosexual man and has found difficulty and faced discrimination within society. His work is normally of groups of people or a person to represent a group that can struggle in society or faces regular discrimination, he often does this through the use of the nude human from, or he does it with the model being in a compromising, exposing or akward positioning. He described his style of photography as “uncomplicated, direct photographs of complicated and difficult subjects.”
A style of image that he often did was a studio portrait, they were almost always taken with the subject on the same chair or on the same bed, he also used the same blanket.
Peters presentation of his work was somewhat chaotic seeming at first as it may look like it had no theme but when inspected closer the photos of objects, animals, people and landscapes are all related to the area that they are in and the framing and positioning are all planned to tell a story.
The person who appeared the most in Peter’s work was Divine (Harris Glen Milstead) who was a drag queen who was close to Peter, Divine can be seen in a large number of photos by Peter.