An internationally renowned photographer has said he is producing the best work of his career despite recently losing the end of his finger in a freak accident.
Andrew Fusek Peters, from near Bishop’s Castle, is an internationally renowned wildlife photographer.
His works have been seen on the front of national newspapers such as the Guardian and the Times and he recently putting together the acclaimed book Butterfly Safari with publisher Graffeg - which photographed every butterfly species in the UK.
However, he recently had a horrifying accident when photographing in his neighbours garden.
“I was photographing the wrens nest in our next door garden and I was climbing back over the fence,” said Mr Fusek-Peters.
“I was stood on the planter on the other side and the planter upended, I was carrying the tripod in my left hand and the tripod closed and took off the end third of my finger – instantly – really bad, down to the bone.
“I was looking at the bone, I was screaming. A tripod is a very heavy object and if your finger is caught right at the top it acts like a pair of secateurs when the legs come together.”
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After emergency surgery, the end of the finger was amputated however he soon became restless.
“After about a week of convalescing I thought I might as well go and take photos again,” Said Mr Fusek-Peters.
“In the last 10 days I’ve got some of the best photos of my career.
“What it’s done is its focused me down. It’s made me fall in love with what’s local again, which is really interesting.
“It’s not a word we use nowadays but it’s very spiritual because it’s kind of saying ‘hey, you did all of that going around the UK for the butterflies last year, you did the book, it came out, just maybe you need to focus more locally for a while’."
Whilst Mr Fusek Peters is still having difficulties in his recovery with a further infection and routine activities such as sport or typing being extremely painful, he is hopeful going forward with his work and his renewed appreciation for the local area which he says is a beautiful as “anywhere in the UK”.
“We are so fortunate to live where we live, I’ve been here all my adult life and its good not to be bored of this because it’s all here.”
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