Peter Ashworth

Peter Ashworth is a UK photographer.

Peter Ashworth initially specialized in music photography, between 1979 and 2000. His career was at its top in the 1980s, when he worked with many UK bands including Eurythmics, Soft Cell, and Associates. He later moved into editorial fashion and style/culture photography.

Predominantly a studio photographer, Peter Ashworth created a style of lighting and graphical photography that became a trademark. He worked with many musicians, including Visage (Steve Strange), Adam Ant, Soft Cell (Marc Almond, Marc and the Mambas, Dave Ball), Tot Taylor, Mari Wilson, Bruce Woolley, The The (Matt Johnson), Original Mirrors (Ian Broudie), Teardrop Explodes (Julian Cope), Eurythmics (Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart), Godley & Creme, Tears for Fears, Associates (Billy MacKenzie), The Clash, The Stargazers, The Polecats, Erasure, Blancmange, Psychic TV, Seona Dancing (Ricky Gervais), Cabaret Voltaire, Boomtown Rats, Dead or Alive (Pete Burns), Linton Kweisi Johnson, Depeche Mode, Bananarama, Tina Turner, Sandie Shaw, Thomas Anders, David Sylvian, Thomas Dolby, Everything But The Girl, Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Smiths, ABC, Bryan Ferry, Prefab Sprout, Belois Some, Art of Noise, Heaven 17, Grace Jones, The Stranglers, Zodiac Mindwarp, The Cult, Comsat Angels, Courtenay Pine, Maxi Priest, TransVision Vamp, PIL, Mica Paris, Jimmy Page, Kirk Brandon, XTC, A Guy Called Gerald, Inspiral Carpets, Renegade Soundwave, James, Dream Warriors, Sugizo, Levellers, Wildhearts, Candi Staton, Tim Westwood, and Aswad.