PAUL BARKSHIRE

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Paul Barkshire - Black & White Photographer

Documentary Stills Specialist: Monuments, National Trust Buildings, London Images

The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards have been made annually since 1985, and have alternated yearly between books on photography and books on the moving image.

The winning books have been those which make original and lasting educational, professional, historical, technical, scientific, social, literary or cultural contributions to the field.   Paul Barkshire won this coveted award in 1988 for his book Unexplored London (Lennard).  Unlike Paris or Rome, London is not one city, but a cluster of villages and hamlets, often swamped by their surroundings, but never with their individuality annihilated. This is a photographic study of the capital which aims to represent the real London beyond the tourist attractions.

In the forward to Unexplored London, here is an excerpt of how  David Bailey describes Paul Barkshire

Paul used a c.1920 Eastman Camera up until 1985 with 8x10 Black & White negatives to produce images with a sharpness, contrast and richness that few photographers achieve without colour.  Since 1985 he has been using a 8x10 Wista.

Paul Barkshire has also written "Paul Barkshire's Other London" (the paperback edition is  "London Villages") and has pictures featured in James Herbert's Dark Places.

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