Born: 6th January 1919

Died: 14th Febru

Commercial photographer who learnt his trade in pre-war Berlin and Paris and came to experiment with solarisation and other manual interference with photographic processing in the long hours of an under-occupied studio in London's Soho. He suggested to a nearby modelling agency that their girls would feel more comfortable performing nude (as was much in demand in the late 1960s and early 70s) if they practised on camera under lights. The models would dance without music, and did not charge for the practice. AW Woodward wrote in Photography in October 1955 “the only photographer I know whose work is absolutely his own creation is Peter Dorp”. Peter's father, Gottfried Heinersdorff, was extremely well known in Continental European art circles in the period 1910-1933 for his work with famous artists of the period who designed stained glass and mosaic works for production in Gottfried's Berlin glass workshop.