Peter Pereira
New Bedford, MA, United States
Pereira was 9 when he moved to the United States from Figueira da Foz, Portugal in 1978. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in 1992 with a degree in computer engineering, and even started his own computer company before giving it up in 1998 to focus on his true passion. Photography.
Since then, his images have graced the pages of Newsweek, The New York Times, L.A. Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Courrier International, Chicago Tribune, International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe, MSNBC.com, CNN.com, ABCNews.com, News Photographer magazine, and various other international media outlets.
Peter was honored by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors with the Master Photographer award in 2013. He was named the National Press Photographers Association Region 1 - Photographer of the Year six times ('14, '13, '12, '11, '10, '06). He has won the New England Newspaper & Press Association - Photographer of the Year award seven times ('14, '12, '11, '10, '09, '07, '04). In 2013 Peter won an Award of Excellence in the China International Press Photo awards.