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. Accessed 28 November 2017. The work was published in their 2010 self-published newspaper as well as in his own 2017 book, both called ''Preston Bus Station.'' That experience has influenced his work since, shooting fashion campaigns, catalogues and editorials. He has had solo exhibitions at

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in Wakefield, UK; Red Hook Labs in Brooklyn, New York City; and

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in Amsterdam; the latter showing a mix of his personal as well as his commercial photography.

Life and work

Hawkesworth grew up in Ipswich. He first used a camera in 2007 as part of his studies for a

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degree at the

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. Accessed 28 November 2017. He subsequently switched to a photography degree, graduating in 2009. His first completed photography project was ''Preston Bus Station,''

street photography Street photography is photography conducted for art or inquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within Public space, public places. It usually has the aim of capturing images at a decisive or poignant moment by caref ...

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, and a short film made over three years in Preston bus station in

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, including one whole month spent there. It was made as a member of the collective Preston is My Paris. The photographs were included in the group's 2010 self-published newspaper, as well as in Hawkesworth's own 2017 monograph. He has said of the project "it informed how I understand light, how I approach people. It’s at the heart of the way I see things." His fashion work has included shooting campaigns and catalogues for

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film camera and lens for all his work, and develops and makes his own prints. In 2014 the ''

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Publications

Publications by Hawkesworth

*''Preston Bus Station.'' New York City: Dashwood, 2017. . Edition of 2000 copies. *''On Keeping a Notebook.'' The Gould Collection Volume 4. Gould, 2019. Photographs and drawings by Hawkesworth and an essay by

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. . Edition of 1000 copies. *''The British Isles''. London: Mack, 2021. .

Lookbooks photographed by Hawkesworth

* Loewe Spring Summer 2015 Menswear Collection. Edition of 1200 copies. *''Publication No. 8.'' Loewe, 2015. Loewe Spring Summer 2016. Edition of 1000 copies. *''Publication No. 9.'' Loewe, 2016. Loewe Autumn Winter 2016. *''Publication No. 11.'' Loewe, 2016. Loewe Spring Summer 2017 Menswear Collection. *Loewe Spring Summer 2017 Paula's Ibiza. *''Publication No. 12.'' Loewe, 2016. Loewe Spring Summer 2017 Womens Collection. *''Publication No.15.'' Loewe, 2017. Loewe Fall Winter 2017/2018 *Loewe Spring Summer 2018 Menswear Collection.

Newspapers made as a member of Preston is My Paris

*''Preston Bus Station.'' Preston: Preston is My Paris, 2010. By Hawkesworth, Adam Murray, Robert Parkinson, and Aidan Turner-Bishop. Newspaper format. Edition of 500 copies. Photographs of Preston bus station and the people that use it. *''Derby.'' Preston: Preston is My Paris, 2011. By Hawkesworth, Murray, and Parkinson. Newspaper format. Edition of 1000 copies. Photographs taken in

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, commissioned for Format International Photography Festival 2011. *''Industria, Virtus, et Fortitudo.'' Preston: Preston is My Paris, 2011. By Hawkesworth, Murray, and Parkinson. Accompanies ''Derby''. Edition of 100 copies. Photographs of people, streets and urban landscapes taken in Derby 21–23 January 2011.

Publications with contributions by Hawkesworth

*''Fashion Photography Next.'' London:

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, 2014. Edited by Magdalene Keaney and Eleanor Weber. . *''Self Publish, Be Happy: A DIY Photobook Manual and Manifesto.'' New York City: Aperture, 2015. By Bruno Ceshel. . *''North: Volume One.'' Preston:

, 2015. Edited by Brian Morrison, John Aitken, and Adam Murray. . *''Disobedient Bodies: JW Anderson at The Hepworth Wakefield.'' London: InOtherWords, 2017. Edited by Andrew Bonacina. . Edition of 2000 copies.

Films

*''Preston Bus Station'' (2013) – short film

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

*''Wakefield Kids,''

, Wakefield, UK, 2017. *''A Short, Pleasurable Journey: 51 Photographs by Jamie Hawkesworth,'' Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, New York City, 2016. *''An Endless Rhythm,''

Workshops, London, 2016. "Scenes and people Hawkesworth encountered on a trip to Russia ... alongside charcoal drawings he made during his time there." *''Landscape with Tree,''

, Amsterdam, 2017. Various personal and commercial work including ''Preston Bus Station.'' *''A blue painted fence,'' Aylesbury Street, London, December 2018. Includes "film, drawings, and writing, as well as new photographs from Kenya, Louisiana and Romania".

Group exhibitions

*''Four Versions of Three Routes,'' 40 site-specific street posters at various locations,

Brighton Photo Biennial Brighton Photo Biennial (BPB), now known as Photoworks Festival, is a month-long festival of photography in Brighton, England, produced by Photoworks. The festival began in 2003 and is often held in October. It plays host to curated exhibitions ...

, Brighton, UK, 2012. Directed by Adam Murray and with photographs by the Preston is My Paris photographers Murray, Robert Parkinson, Hawkesworth, and Theo Simpson. *''North: Identity, Photography, Fashion,''

Open Eye Gallery Open Eye Gallery is a photography gallery and archive in Liverpool, UK that was established in 1977. It is housed in a purpose-built building on the waterfront at Mann Island, its fourth location. Open Eye Gallery comprises an exhibition space ...

, Liverpool, UK; ''North: Fashioning Identity,''

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, London, 2017. Curated by Lou Stoppard and Adam Murray.

Awards

*2018: Award for Editorial, Advertising and Fashion Photography,

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References

External links

Hawkesworth's profile at M.A.P''Preston Bus Station''
(2013) short film by Hawkesworth
Gallery of Loewe Autumn Winter 2016 Womens Collection lookbook photographs by Hawkesworth
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