Peter Elliott has had a lifelong interest in both history and art. Peter spent 35 years working as a lawyer but now devotes his time to researching and writing books with an art history tilt.
His latest book, Constance: One Road to Take, covers the life and photography of Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914-2000). His interest in Constance's photography was piqued when he was researching a Second World War story about South African military experiences in the Apennines in Italy in the freezing winter of 1944-1945. This drew him into a prolonged contemplation of Constance's Southern African photographs and their context. This book results from his determination to unravel the enigma that was Constance, a photographer who retreated from engagement with the political significance of the photographs she made, but nevertheless left a legacy of stunning images.
Peter Elliott is the author of two previous books, Eight Months in the Veneto and Nita Spilhaus (1878-1967) and her artist friends in the Cape (described as a "a comprehensive resource" by South African Art Times). He lives, together with his wife, in the Languedoc, France, in an area close to the mountains, and surrounded by vineyards.