Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Kadib geeridii ninkeedii ugu horreeyay, Thomas Henry Watkins, Preston waxay bilowday xirfad sawir qaade ah si ay nafteeda u taageerto. Waxay la xiriirtay oo ay la soo bandhigtay fanaaniinta Dugsiga Ashcan waxayna guursatay mid ka mid ah kooxda, James Moore Preston, sanadkii 1903. waxay aadeen Yurub si wada jir ah, waxayna ku nasteen Long Island, waxayna sawir ka bixiyeen sheeko majaladda. Waxay noqotay sawir-qaade guuleysta oo loogu talagalay joornaalada, sida "Harper's Bazaar" iyo "The Saturday Evening Post", waxayna ahayd sawir-qaade buug-gacmeed guuleysta. Waxaa loo tixgeliyey inay tahay mid ka mid ah sawir-qaadeyaasha dumarka ugu sarreeya intii u dhaxeysay 1900 iyo 1940, Preston waxay ka mid ahayd xubnaha dumarka yar iyo soo bandhigayaasha Ururka Sawir-qaadeyaasha, iyadoo la aqbalay Maarso 29, 1904 ka dib asxaabteeda Florence Scovel Shinn, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Violet Oakley, iyo Jessie Willcox Smith. Sida iyaga oo kale, waxay ahayd kaliya Xubin Xubin ka ah maadaama xubinnimada buuxda aan loo oggolaan dumarka ilaa 1920-meeyadii. Waxay ku soo bandhigtay Bandhigga Hubka ee 1913 waxayna ku guuleysatay billad Bandhigga Panama <unk> Pacific
sanadkii 1915kii Preston waxa uu ka mid ahaa fanaaniintii ugu waaweynaa ee u ololeeya doorashada. Shaqadeeda waxay ku jirtaa tiro uruurinta matxafka. Waxay ciyaartay cutub ka mid ah filimka taxanaha ah ee "Our Mutual Girl" oo lagu soo bandhigay tiyaatarada 1915.