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‘Downfall of the Perfectionist’ is the new book by influential photographer Scott James Prebble. This volume represents a collection of work that is sometimes lonely, sometimes fascinating, but always exhilarating. Scott’s photographic works focus on contrasts, between old & new, rough & smooth and ugly & beautiful. Scott shoots on black and white film, is self taught, and usually likes to keep things basic by using simple equipment and natural lighting. “I’m not a big techno head” he says “Even though I do like my gadgets, I don’t think they make you a better artist, I use my camera like a artist would his brush, it is just a tool to capture a scene I have pictured in my head that I think would be beautiful” This new work is over 6 months in the making, working with various friends in the urban and rural landscapes in and around Ballarat to create 300 new photographs.