Negative Space & Photographic Choas – Leigh Preston FRPS MPAGB APAGB

Negative Space & Photographic Chaos – Leigh Preston FRPS MPAGB APAGB

A great friend of the club  and always an entertaining speaker with relevant messages to us.

Last seen exhibiting together with the Focus Group and here are some of his images.

http://www.focusgroupphotography.com/gallery_727220.html

I have been taking pictures for over forty years. My work has been mainly thematic, making images as a series. I have a relatively specific approach to what I choose to make pictures of, and I rely heavily on atmospherics, dramatic lighting and strong storylines to convey an individual style. A lot of my personal work is taken either in isolated places or of buildings and landscapes that are well past their ‘sell-by’ date. A lot of my work is monochrome, using both digital and darkroom processes, depending on the ‘feel’ I want from the finished print.

I hold two RPS Fellowships, one for pictorial images taken of the mill towns in Lancashire and Yorkshire and the other for Darkroom printing. I belong to the ARENA group of photographers and am a member of The London Salon. There have been two books of my images published: “Shadows of Change” and “Five Essays”. My work has been exhibited in London, Dublin, Birmingham, Reading, Manchester, Gloucester and Belfast.