TSP049 - The Undefinable Spirit: Snapshots from the edge, with Pete Paterson.
One photographer’s graphic journey, from city to country and analogue to digital.
Duration - 28:26
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Music Credit: Paul Simon - Kodachrome
Pete Paterson
Commercial Photographer
Sometimes Pete Paterson wants to talk first about his philosophy of life, to which he has given the name, Goodism and, withal, considers himself a Goodist.
Taking photographs of authors and other famous people began in Mr. Paterson’s life in 1968.
Before that, “My dad was a doctor. So, there was a lot pressure on me to be a doctor. I went to university and did engineering for a year. Then, I went into dentistry but, after two years, I was looking down somebody’s mouth and I thought, ‘this is a big mistake!’”
What was natural for him was taking pictures.
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