Peter Holliday is a Scottish visual artist, writer and arts communicator working between photography, the environmental humanities and field-based practice.

In 2026, Peter was awarded the RSA Latimer Award by the Royal Scottish Academy for “meritorious work by Scottish artists under 35.”

Having been exhibited internationally with presentations at the Royal Scottish Academy (2026), the Royal Geographical Society (2026), Saatchi Gallery (2025) and the Reykjavík Museum of Photography (2015), his work is held in permanent collections including the Glasgow School of Art Archives & Collections and Helsinki University Hospital.

In 2024, he was nominated for the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity award before being named as a finalist of the Paris Photo Prize. In 2025, his work was featured as part of the Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition.

In addition to his creative practice, Peter hosts The Land Behind, a podcast devoted to questions on art, philosophy and the environment. Guests to date include the anthropologist Tim Ingold, the photographer Sian Davey, the environmental ethicist Ted Toadvine and the phenomenologist Alphonso Lingis.

Peter’s work has been commissioned by the BBC, British Airways, the Financial Times, The Telegraph, VisitCopenhagen and Historic Environment Scotland.

An alumnus of Glasgow School of Art, in 2022 Peter earned his MA in Photography from Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture in Helsinki.