ARTIST STATEMENT
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Artist Statement -



ARTIST STATEMENTS

Atmosphere Ethereal Sea and Landscapes
In a time of great challenge throughout our world, I seek to capture, and foster preservation of, the spectacular natural beauty that still exists on Earth. Each of my photographs stands alone as a testament to the astonishing visual feast that remains on our planet for those willing to seek it out. My sea and landscape images focus on capturing transitory conditions of light and atmosphere as a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life itself. These images memorialize a moment in time… never to be repeated. I am drawn to these theatrical moments when elements collide to form moody, ethereal, and dramatic scenes.

Of the Wild Intimate, Close-up Animal Portraits
It is in various forms of captivity that I find the animals and birds for this series. They are protected from me and I am protected from them. My images capture the life force that is simultaneously controlled, yet untamed. I am drawn to their eyes as that draws the viewer into the frame. The framing device jolts the viewer from reading the images as a cliché. By abstracting the eye or face from the rest of the body, I force an intimate exchange of energy and focus between the image and the viewer. These images make us confront the dignity, personality and identity of these magnificent creatures and remind us why, they too, so desperately need our protection.

Flow Isolated Portraits of Jellyfish
The sea is filled with luminous creatures, floating in water, graceful and weightless, and elegant as dancers. Mysterious as the ocean itself, they are dynamic in form and shape. In aquariums throughout the world these creatures are on display for human enrichment and I rejoice in having the chance to record their natural beauty, luminous colors, and fluid varied shapes. If only for a photographic moment I enjoy inhabiting their world beyond the human condition of gravity, muscles and bones.

Artist Exhibitions



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Galleries, Exhibits, Recognition
2017
International Colo Awards
2016
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Editors Daily Dozen
PDN PHOTOSERVE Photo of the Month
Editors of Magnum Photos Awards Photos Competition Gallery
St. Louis Fine Print Fair, St. Louis, MO Jeff Appel
2015
Westchester Medical CenterTICU K. Bennorth, D. Billig, T. Lurcott Vallhalla, NY
Your Daily Photograph, Duncan Miller Gallery Daniel Miller, ownercurator, Santa Monica, CA
2014
Forgotten Exhibition, A Smith Gallery Blue Mitchell, juror, Johnson City, TX
Natural World, Center for Fine Art Photography C4FAPSusan Spiritus, juror, Ft. Collins, CO
Black White, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT Karen E. Hass, Lane Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, juror
2013
Solo Exhibition, 25CPW Gallery, Central Park West, NYC Curators Bess GreenbergAbby Verosky
2012
FotoWeek DC Washington, DC
Hahnemuhle Booth at PhotoPlus Expo Javits Center, NYC
Terrain, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA Sean Kernan, juror
Equivalents, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA W.M. Hunt, juror
Black White, C4FAP, CO Susan Spiritus, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport, CA, juror
2011
Portfolio Showcase Volume 5, C4FAP, CO Chris Pichler, Publisher Nazraeli Press, juror
Dreams, Center for Fine Art Photography Aline Smithson, juror
2010
Art of Photography 2, Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO Hal Gould, ownerjuror
Natural World, Center for Fine Art Photography Susan Spiritus, juror
Infocus, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, West Palm Beach, FL Harrison Funk, juror
Animalia, C4FAP Karen Irvine, Dir. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, juror
Dennis Dean Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Joyce Tenneson, juror
2009
Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA Clive Waring-Flood, juror

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS print and on-line

Black and White Magazine Portfolio
The Big Picture Boston.com
Featureshoot one of LIFE’s Photo Blogs of the Year
Lenscratch
Trendhunter.com
The Center for Fine Art Photography Portfolio Showcase No.5
PDN Photo District News on-line Photo of the Day
SHUTTERBUG Magazine
COLOR Fine Art Magazine, Portfolio
Photoserve, PDN on-line, Editors Choice
COLOR Fine Art Magazine
Popular Photography, Editors List Great Wildlife Photographers
Popular Photography, Editors List Top Travel Photographers
Silvershotz Fine Art Magazine, Atlanta Showcase
Black White Magazine
Silvershotz Fine Art 2009 Portfolio Journal Brisbane, London

SELECTED AWARDS

2012
FotoDC International Awards Competition, Washington DC
2011
Black White Spider Awards
International Color Awards, Photography Masters Cup
2010
Artslant, Contemporary Art Network
Black White Spider Awards
2009
International Color Awards, Photography Masters Cup
2008
International Photography Awards

SELECTED PRIVATECORPORATE COLLECTIONS
New York City, NY Portland, OR Baton Rouge, LA Charlotte, NC Chappaqua, NY Lords Valley, PA Westchester, NY…
SELECTED COMMERCIAL CLIENTS
Ogilvy and Mather, Canon Cameras USA, Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper, Comcast Publishing Group, Berkshire House Publications, McGraw-Hill Publishing, Publications International, Ingle Publishing, Horlick Levin Advertising, Smith Associates Advertising…
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Artist Publications



-Cindy Rowe, is an Art Producer for Saatchi and Saatchi LA, part of a global communications and advertising agency network with 140 offices in 80 countries handling clients such as Toyota, Procter Gamble and General Mills. Of Barry’s work, Ms. Rowe stated: "your beautiful images take me away."

-Chris Pichler, is the Publisher of Nazraeli Press which creates spectacular books specializing in contemporary photography. Nazraeli is highly regarded as one of the premier photo book publishers offering a variety of specialized formats, including original signed artworks and special editions. Showcasing artists from around the world ie. Michael Kenna, Lee Friedlander, Hiroshi Watanabe, Todd Hido they are a beloved destination for many wanting to know what is happening in the photographic world. Besides collecting Barry’s work and choosing a full portfolio for publication by the Center for Fine Art Photography, Chris called it: "spectacular, the images are stunning,"

-Joyce Tenneson is one of the most iconic Photographers in the world with more than
150 exhibitions of her work. Ms. Tenneson chose Barry’s work for exhibition and called it: “beautiful, gorgeous” and later wrote that he was a “a great photographer.”

-Joe Farace is a respected Photographer and Photography critic. Joe wrote in SHUTTERBUG Magazine that Barry’s work: “…never fails to dazzle with understated yet inherently graceful attempts at depicting nature…a talented photographer confronted by a different genre rises to the occasion. He’s created insightful works of great authority and style.”

-Dr. Sylvia A. Earle, National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence, is one of the foremost authorities on Jellyfish in the world. Dr. Earle called "Her Deepness" by the New
Yorker and the New York Times, "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and
“first Hero for the Planet" by Time magazine , called Barry’s Jellyfish images:
“magnificent.”

-Robert Farber’s photographic style has influenced generations of photographers. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis brought Farber into Doubleday and the resulting book won the Art Director’s Award for color photography. He has lectured at countless universities and professional organizations as well as the Smithsonian Institute and the George Eastman House. Barry was honored when Robert Farber attended the Artist Reception at
Barry’s solo exhibition in NYC in 2013 and said that the work was “beautiful.”
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Artist Collections



Numerous private, corporate, museum, gallery and government collections detailed information coming soon.

Artist Favorites



Personal Favorites



Personal info and favorite links and sites coming soon.