Peter Hagerty was the founder Exhibitions Director of the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool's first gallery devoted to photography. Subsequently, he would initiate a campaign to established a charitable trust on behalf of the photographer Chambré Hardman and campaigned for the retention in Liverpool of his unique collection of photographs and ephemera. As a result of enormous public support Hardman's house and studio is now one of three National Trust properties on Merseyside.

In recognition of this historical research Peter was subsequently awarded a three year Doctoral Research Grant from Liverpool John Moores University and after the award of his PhD he continued to teach academic research to photography graduate students.

At the beginning of the growth of the internet he left teaching to established an on-line business in Liverpool and after five years sold his shareholding at a considerable profit. Peter is currently Chairperson of the Chambré Hardman Trust.

Peter's hobbies include photography, he has had many exhibitions in Britain, France and Germany, and sailing where he competed in the 1997 Fastnet Race. He has a ten year old son and lives by Princes Park, Liverpool.

Absence dévisagée BASF-France, Paris (2000)