ACE PRESTON's Channel

Ace Preston is an international freelance photographer out of New York whose art is directed into issues of social awareness, human perspectives, and the preservation of landmark structures & historical locations.
Described as the photographic extension of Francisco Goya & Jackson Pollock, compared as the modern day version of Mathew B. Brady & Robert Capa, Ace Preston is your typical Hemingway anti-hero always shunning the spotlight, refusing to blithely cash in on mainstream fame or demand.

Ace Preston chose a pseudonym in lieu of his birth name thus creating an anomaly as he deviated from established rules and trends.. He felt pseudonyms being fictitious names mostly associated with authors, actors, singers, revolutionaries, and organized crime figures fit his profile well.

His style of writing focused on doublespeak or euphemism which was a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that could offend or suggest something unpleasant to the reader or in the case of a substitution of a description of something or someone rather than the name, to avoid revealing secret or sacred names to the uninitiated, or to obscure the identity of the subject of a conversation from potential eavesdroppers. Some of his euphemisms were intended to be funny.

As an urban legend his collection of works did not occur exclusively in so-called primitive or traditional societies but advanced modern cultural vectors. There was a cautionary element of mystery, horror, fear, and humor mixed into his art.
To further hide for instance the plausibility of his "Death Camera" he deliberately hid information regarding the incident to include names, dates, and locations which lacked specifics. In turn this stigmatizing myth was used to describe things that were widely accepted as untrue by allowing more efficient investigations into this social phenomenon.

Preferring not to have his career as a social scientist affected by too much personal attention he remained independent and private in his research and life choosing to keep his anonymity. He almost reached a level of folk hero but because of his genuine distaste for publicity which he believed was inappropriate for a scientist he sown the limelight.

He believed it wasn't the miles you traveled but the stops you made in-between.
Always faced with impossible situations he saw as great opportunities brilliantly disguised..often landing on treachous shores off islands other ships avoided thus discovering new worlds.. his life stood out as a gospel of self-forgetting humanitarian service.
He could have added fortune to fame but cared for neither finding honor and integrity in protecting historical landmarks and endangered locations.

The Center of his World was New York City where he did most of his creative work as a social scientist.

Ace Preston believed that "NowPublic" was the new bastion for freedom of speech, the press, & expression in the modern technical era. "It's internal structure permits contents to be developed, added, changed, or deleted were as the printed material becomes permanent lacking in flexibility and changes in ideology."

A.P. 2007