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Adrian Fretwell was born in Nottingham, England, in 1965. A British photographer since childhood when he used his father's Zeiss Icon camera with Ilford 120 black & white roll film. Adrian built his own darkroom in 1980 and progressed into the world of digital imaging in 2008, becoming a member of the Royal Photographic Society in 2012, and being first published in 2013.

His passion is both in traditional Landscape Photography and abstract Landscape Photography where intentional camera movement and long exposure thechniques are used.

He has been influenced by many great talents including Charlie Waite, Chris Friel, Doug Chinnery, Valda Bailey, Chris Newham, David Noton and Joe Cornish.

He has exhibited at the Shutter Chimps photographic exhibition at The Museum of Lincolnshire Life in 2013, the Royal Photographic Society International Images for Screen Exhibition 2014, the Royal Photographic Society Members’ Biennial Exhibition 2015 , and the Blue Owl Art Photography: Art Exhibition in 2015.

Publications

 * Extraordinary Villages by Tony Fancis, Merlin Unwin Books 2014. ISBN 9781906122676