I am a photographer based on Gadigal Land in Sydney. I am passionate about portraiture and landscape photography.

  • Finalist in the 2025 Head On Portrait Prize

  • Finalist in a 2024 landscape competition with the Museum of Australian Photography

  • Group Exhibitions at the Bondi Pavilion Gallery (in 2000 and 2004), and Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney (2009)

  • Still photography for Molly Reynolds’ films “Still Out Country” and “Another Country”

  • Executive Producer of Rolf de Heer's film "Charlie's Country", starring David Gulpilil.

@peterjmcmahonphotogpraphy

I keep returning to this vantage point overlooking Mooloolaba Beach QLD- #streetphotography #travelsnaps #iphonesnaps
Sylvia (from my Nour El Nile series of portraits)
Going for that ‘decisive moment’ on the Sunshine Coast! #travelphotography #streetphotos
Egyptian boy and Donkey- #lightofthenilemoon #travelportraits #portraits #portraitphotography #portraiture
Nour El Nil portraits- Alaa, the Boss- #portraitshoot #portraitphotography #travelportraiture
Kaaren loves to dance-for exercise, for fun, and preferably to the Stones. Good autofocus is necessary to keep up with her! - #artphotography #portraiture #portraitphotography #monochromaticphotography #dancingshoes
Portrait of Aida Bravo - from my series Nour El Nil ( Arabic for “Light of the Nile”) - #lightofthenile #thenileriver #egyptphotography #portraiture #portraitphotography
On my recent trip on a Dahabiya between Luxor and Aswan I had the opportunity to take portraits of a number of our crew and fellow travellers. Here are portraits of @saawanlogan a Fijian-Canadian who with a friend has established a very successful g
Red Algae-from my trip to Antarctica some years ago - #mediumformatphotography #filmphotography #filmantarctica #antarctica #mamiya7
Farewell to Egypt. The most rewarding aspect of my too brief visit was the encounters with the warm hearted people of this fabulous country: #travelportraiture #portraiture #egypttravel

I acknowledge the past and present elders, and pay my deepest respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the first inhabitants and traditional custodians of the country where I live and work.