About me…
Although I did not pick up a camera until 2013, I grew up surrounded by photobooks containing images by the likes of Michael Kenna, Ansel Adams, Brassai, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. These shaped my early visual sensibilities. It was however the break up of a relationship that led me to start photographing myself — an act of starting over that quickly became something much more enduring.
As well as having my LRPS, I has received recognition for my photography in a number of competitions including the International Photography Awards, British Photography Awards and Landscape Photographer of the Year; my images have featured in the FRAMES Magazine digital companion; and I have also exhibited in 2024 in the Mall Galleries on Pall Mall in London as part of the Land & Light Exhibition.
I am a member of Chichester Camera Club and Loughton Camera Club; I am a SCPF and EAF judge, aand I give talks throughout the UK. I am part of SCPF Judging Advisory team.
In my photography I am drawn to human elements, chance occurrences, captured moments, emotions, stories (real and make believe), and the surreal; but balance is important and I also enjoy escaping into the natural world and exploring it with my camera. This gives me space to breathe and and a sense of calm, tranquility and peace.
Awards, Publications, and Accreditations
2024
British Photography Awards 2024, Shortlisted (Top 25 in Street) - final results in November 2024
Exhibition: Light & Land on the Mall, Mall Galleries, Pall Mall - 3rd to 7th Sept 2024
Amateur Photographer of the Year (APOY) 2024 - 3 images shortlisted in the ‘Urban’ round - https://www.photocrowd.com/photo-competitions/city-life-2-street-photo-contest-20184/shortlist/?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=1006_Contest_lifecycle_users_-_contest_or_award_entered_-_shortlist_announced&utm_medium=email
110th London Salon - 2 acceptances (2 being the maximum per person) - 2024
PAGB e-News Issue - Street Photography - Issue 354 - 14 April 2024 - https://www.pagbnews.co.uk/sites/default/files/newsletters/en354%2014%20April%202024.pdf
FRAMES magazine published an interview with me on their website about one of my images - 8 February 2024 - https://readframes.com/friends-catching-up-in-a-cafe-by-caroline-preece/
2023
UK Landscape Photographer of the Year 2023, Final shortlist, Black & White Category
‘International Photography Awards 2023’ in the Street/People category, Highly Commended and Official Selection,
2022
International Street Photography and Reportage Magazine - 02&03 2022 - https://issuu.com/uweschroederberlin/docs/magazine_02_03_2022_online?fbclid=IwAR1pZFgRgZy5HTuTJQvzUy3296F4clwbemuepmaGfIt is my great pleasure to inform you that your entry "Fido" has made it to the final round of jury voting and is awarded the title "Official Selection" in the International Photography Awards 2023. l7yPr3nyRS-dvDoQZE
@womeninstreet ‘Through Window Panes‘ edition on ‘medium‘ - 13 November 2022 - https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street?fbclid=IwAR20SsTo2vDKEnAVORXdE9l5r8AirQCLsJwDGorHw_T67QvdNJMmYehri98
Joined the Southern Counties Federation (SCPF) ‘Judging Advisory Team’
2021
'The Impact of Humans' - Photographic Arts Collective Zine - 1 Sept 2022 - https://issuu.com/photographicarts/docs/impact_of_humans_photographicartscollective_2022?fbclid=IwAR3r9jvNPqNupS2RiBCeFOLwa-0wssJQICsVffal4ZZihrsWr-yiZWMbXAI -
2020
‘FRAMES’ fine-art magazine digital companion - December 2020
2015
Awarded ‘Licentiate’ of the Royal Photographic Society