Gavin Prest is a Yorkshireman from Hornsea and, like most Yorkshiremen I know, proud of it. He specialises in fine art prints, usually in black and white. His exacting style and boundless imagination having helped build him an international reputation with his work now selling to collectors worldwide.
As a leading member and mentor of the Guild of Photographers he has spent much of the recent lockdown conducting Zoom interviews with leading photographers on behalf of the Guild including the likes of Sean Tucker, Martin Parr, Kevin Mullins, Frances van der Merwe and Debbie Longmore. Last year he was a judge of the largest photography competition in the world, The Trierenberg Supercircuit which took him to Austria.
With his passion for mono and a storytelling style his photographs are easily recongnisable to many, although he can still surprise at times, as he did with his successful bid for a second Masters Award with a series of pictures which were not only in pastel shades but appearing to feature a mannequin - it wasn't, it was a model !
His work requires exacting focus and ideas from him and his models, many of whom he has worked with for some time, but also a good deal of careful work in the post production stages....and what Gavin doesn't know about the technical issues of studio lighting is hardly worth bothering about...
His first book - obviously entitled Gavin Prest Book One - is a lovely hardbacked, well produced and well presented selection of 39 early images which helped build his reputation spread over 80 pages. The paper qulaity is high, as you would expect, using 200 gsm silk paper and the square format suits the style. Surprisingly the volume is only £25.00 pp and tells you a little about his work and motivation. From the title I would image there are more books to come!
You can find out more about the book here:- https://www.gavinprest.com/the-release-of-book-one/
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