I have been involved in photography since 1980 when I joined the Ordnance Survey Photographic Society. I started working in colour slides and Audio/Visual. I took mainly landscapes and travel pictures until 1985, when monochrome work began to become an obsession. I hold two RPS Fellowships - gaining a pictorial distinction in 1988 and a Fellowship for photographic printing in 1999. I belong to the ARENA group of photographers, based in Newbury. I was elected a Salon member in 2000.

A best selling book of my monochrome images, depicting Britain's Industrial landscapes, was published in 1993. I have had several one-man exhibitions in London, Dublin, Manchester, Birmingham and Belfast. More recently my monochrome and colour images concern themselves with atmosphere and out of the way places, often isolated and 'past their sell-by date'.

Now semi-professional, I work as a photographic printer & college lecturer as well as continuing to lecture all over the U.K. at clubs, societies, and seminars. I have a keen enthusiasm for my photography and actively share this through the courses and seminars I run.

Leigh Preston FRPS, EFIAP

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