I tend to photograph things in a series and look for patterns. Moving beyond photographic artifice and the mere surface quality of a single object, I tell a story by assembling many parts. With anthropological purpose, I uncover larger, universal truths about people and culture.

Peel’s passion for photography started at the University of Guelph and continued while at the University of Oxford where he studied art education.  While teaching high school art, he began to develop his own photographic style, working vigorously in school darkrooms to hone his analog shooting and printing skills.  While creating photography courses for high school students, he rediscovered the joy, simplicity, and unique aesthetic of 19C methods such as the pinhole camera and cyanotype.  Presently, Wes is teaching Visual Art at Henry Street High School in Whitby, Ontario, and he is expanding his photography practice to include exhibitions and printing services for artists.