Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbe di mbụ ya, Thomas Henry Watkins, nwụsịrị, Preston malitere ọrụ dị ka onye na-ese ihe osise iji kwado onwe ya. Ọ na-akpakọrịta ma na-egosipụta ndị na-ese ihe nke ụlọ akwụkwọ Ashcan ma lụọ otu n'ime ndị otu ahụ, James Moore Preston, na 1903. Ha gara Europe ọnụ, nọrọ n'oge okpomọkụ na Long Island, ma soro kọwaa akụkọ magazin. Ọ ghọrọ onye na-ese ihe na-aga nke ọma maka magazin, dị ka "Harper's Bazaar" na "The Saturday Evening Post", ma bụrụkwa onye na-ese akwụkwọ na-aga nke ọma. A na-ewere ya dị ka otu n'ime ndị inyom kachasị elu n'etiti 1900 na 1940, Preston bụ otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị ole na ole na ndị na-egosi ihe ngosi nke Society of Illustrators, ebe a nabatara ya na Machị 29, 1904 mgbe ndị ibe ya Florence Scovel Shinn, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Violet Oakley, na Jessie Willcox Smith. Dịka ha, ọ bụ naanị onye otu Associate ebe ọ bụ na anaghị anabata ụmụ nwanyị ịbụ ndị otu zuru oke ruo afọ 1920. O gosipụtara na 1913 Armory Show ma merie nrite na Panama <unk> Pacific Exposition
na 1915. Preston bụ otu n'ime ndị isi na-ese ihe nkiri. Ọrụ ya dị n'ọtụtụ ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie. O mere onwe ya otu isiakwụkwọ nke usoro ihe nkiri "Our Mutual Girl" nke e gosipụtara n'ụlọ ihe nkiri na 1915.