Extensive knowledge and authority gained by forty years exploring Britain’s canals and rivers, is reflected in Derek Pratt’s photography and writing of monthly articles in one of Britain’s leading waterway magazines. 

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CLIENT LIST: Book publishers; magazines; waterway guide books; calendars; holiday brochures;

SIZE OF LIBRARY: A five year digital coverage of the entire navigable waterway system is almost completed. An archival collection of over 60,000 analogue images consisting of medium format and 35mm transparencies are available in their original form or by selective scanning. There is also a large collection of black and white images mostly in medium format.
 
‘I have never seen anything ugly in my life, for let the form of an object be what it will, light, shade and perspective will make it beautiful.’ John Constable 1776-1837

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Derek Pratt’s recent books:
Urban Waterways published 2012
London's Waterways published 2010
The Thames A photographic journey from source to sea, published 2008
Waterways Past and Present published 2006
The Architecture of Canals published 2005
Greasy Ocker (novel)published 2005

 
     
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