Born in Dublin in 1974, Peter Shaughnessy grew up in Naas, Co. Kildare, and studied photography at Griffith College.
Since graduating in 1996 he has worked as a photographer for newspapers, magazines, and weddings.
He was a winner of the 1997 and 1999 Young Irish Photographer of the Year competitions sponsored by O'Brien's Irish Sandwich Bars and the Irish Independent newspaper.
In February 2008 he received a grant from Irish Aid (Department of Foreign Affairs) to travel to Zambia to shoot a photo-story in the village of Mapepe, at a school for 200 children orphaned by HIV.
Photos from that story, 'The School Around The Corner', were shown in exhibition in counties Kildare, Roscommon and Leitrim in June.
'Tax Return'
1997 Winner Young Irish Photographer of the Year sponsored by O'Briens Sandwich Bars and Irish Independent.
'Shaving Mad'
1999 Winner Young Irish Photographer of the Year sponsored by O'Briens Sandwich Bars and Irish Independent.