Peter Sanders

Peter Sanders was born in London in 1946. His professional career in photography began during the mid-sixties where he photographed most of the major stars in the music business including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Who, the Rolling Stones etc. Towards the end of the 1970’s, Sanders’ attention turned inward which set him on a spiritual search to India and then eventually to the Muslim world. After his return to England, he converted to Islam and was given the name Abd al-Adheem. In 1971 he was granted the unique opportunity to photograph the rituals of Hajj or annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

Links To Peel
Peel used to live with several roommates including Peter Sanders whilst living at Park Square Mews, London in the late 60's. In Margrave Of The Marshes, Peel nicknamed Sanders (spelled as Saunders in the book) as Beautiful Peter, due to his opinion as being undeniably beautiful. Sanders took many pictures of Peel in the 70's that were released in the music press, but the two later on in life didn't seem to keep in contact with each other.