"The one-week workshops in New York (Spring 2012) and Cuba (February 2013) proved a superb education. We learned not just to take pictures with our eyes and cameras, but to become mindful and compassionate photographers. These workshops were all I needed to launch myself into more intimate photographic situations, which when approached with Peter's advice in mind, reveal a plethora of visual messages that speak to the heart.

What I learned the most about is the 'humane element' of photography: how to approach people, a situation, and stay with it until it develops naturally under your eyes and offers you emotionally rich moments; how to interact with your chosen subjects in the most effective and respectful way, by looking people in the eyes, approaching everyone with honest warmth and modesty, capturing princes and paupers with equal respect and openness - qualities that make the professional photojournalist that I strive to be. This goes beyond a photography class, it is a lesson for life."

– Florence Gallez