About | Barry Falk

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Barry Falk is a UK based photographer exploring a range of subjects related to the psychological sense of self. His work seeks to capture a certain state of mind, akin to Freud’s notion of the unheimliche: something familiar which has become alienated through the process of repression. He has documented places that have undergone collective trauma, focussing on Eastern Europe to consider his own personal identity and to explore how certain locations hold a sense of collective loss related atrocity. He has documented key Science research centres, asking the questions of what it means to be conscious, sentient and human. He completed a project looking into happiness in Finland based upon the findings of the World Happiness Report. Recently, he has completed two projects in response to the Covid-19 lockdown – the first titled Undiagnosed, which was a winner of the Portrait of Britain 2020 and featured in the Hoxton Mini Press publication, documenting friends and neighbours confined to their homes; the other titled Gathering Time which explores the need for a renewed connection to nature in times of crisis.

Barry is also a member of the MAP6 Photography Collective: https://www.map6.co.uk/

Contact

barryfalk@live.co.uk
+44 (0) 779 2516967

Exhibitions & Instagram Takeovers

2021: Anywhere Blvd, Instagram Takeover ~ 16 – 21 Feb
2021: Kauniainen/Grankula City Library, Finland ~ ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’
2020: The Photography Gallery, Instagram Takeover ~ ‘MAP6 Finland:The Happiness Project’ – 17 – 21 Oct
2020: The West Shelter, Worthing ~ ’Undiagnosed project’
2020: Colonnade House, Worthing, Brighton Photo Fringe 2020 ~ MAP6 Collective ‘Finland: The Happiness Project’, 3rd – 31st Oct
2020: Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography, JCDecaux screens across the country, 1st – 31st Sept ~ ’Undiagnosed project’
2020: Mass Isolation FORMAT Project, FORMAT International Photography Festival, Auckland Festival of Photography ~ ’Undiagnosed project’
2020: The Wellcome Trust, Instagram Takeover ~ ‘Undiagnosed project’ 29 April – 7 May
2019: Spectrum Photography, Instagram Takeover ~ 14 -18 Jan
2018: Regency Town House, Brighton Photo Fringe ~ ‘Thresholds of the Mind, Documenting the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science’, Sept 29th ~ Oct 28th
2018: Miniclicktalks Instagram Takeover ~ ‘Thresholds of the Mind, Documenting the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science’ – 1 -5 Oct
2017: m2 Gallery, Peckham ~ ‘System of Absurdity’, Jan 22nd – March 8th
2017: Milton Keynes Gallery ~ ‘MAP6 Collective The Milton Keynes Project’
2016: ONCA Gallery, Brighton ~ MAP6 Lithuania Project, Oct 1st – Oct 14th
2016: Safe Houses 1 & 2, Gallery Seen 15 ~ ‘MAP6 HOME 2 Project’, Peckham 24, London Photo Festival – May 19th – May 22
2016: Hasting Arts Forum ~ MAP6 HOME Project ‘Peripheral Homes’
2015: London Photo Festival ~ Retro Wall, May 2016
2014: Gallery 40 ~ ‘Incidental Spaces’, 13th Oct – 26th Oct 2014
2013: Royal Photographic Society ~ ‘RPS Print International 156′ Touring Group Exhibition 20th July 2013, 8th March 2014
2013: Moscow Art Project ~ ‘Discovering Borderlines’, April 2013, Moscow, Russia – Group Exhibition
2013: Works On Paper, January 2013, Science Museum, London, UK – Group Exhibition
2012: National Open Art Competition 2012, NOAC), Chichester Minerva Theatre/The Prince’s Trust, Hoxton, London, UK, October 2012 Group Exhibition
2011: The Claremont, Hove Arts, Brighton Open Houses, Brighton, UK, Group Exhibition
2011: Artists Open Houses, Brighton
2010: Co-Op Building, Brighton Photo Fringe, Collective Show, October 2010

Artist’s Talks & Presentations

2021: Interview with Cecilia McMullen, Kauniainen: ’The Happiest Place on Earth’ exhibition
2021: Interview with the Finnish Institute UK + Ireland: ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’ ~ https://www.fininst.uk/events/photographer-barry-falk/
2020: Interview for Urbanautica, ‘MAP6 Collective on Happiness and Isolation by Steve Bisson’ ~ https://urbanautica.com/interview/map-6-collective-the-isolation-project/1851
2019 Photo Scratch, The Photographers Gallery, London ~ ‘In Search of Amnesia’ presentation ~ https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/talks-and-events/photo-scratch
2019 Artist’s Talk ‘In Search of Amnesia’ ~ The Jewish Museum, London
2018 Artist’s Talk ‘In Search of Amnesia’ ~ The Wiener Library, London: https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=421
2018 Artist’s Talk ‘In Search of Amnesia’ ~ Jewish Geneaology Society, Rali Hall, Hove
2018 Artist’s Talk ‘Thresholds of the Mind’ ~ Colonnade House, Worthing
2018 Artist’s Talk ‘Thresholds of the Mind’ ~ Regency Town House, Hove
2016 MAP6 Collective Artist’s Talk ‘The Lithuania Project’ ~ ONCA Gallery, Brighton

Selected Publications & On-Line Articles

2021: WIRED Magazine, Japan ~ ‘Sarah Garfinkel portrait’
2020: Portrait of Britain, ‘Undiagnosed’, Hoxton Mini Press edition
2020: The Story Portrait: http://www.thestoryportrait.com/project/barry-falk/
2020: WIRED Magazine,UK ~ ‘Sarah Garfinkel portrait’
2018: Art Noise AN Magazine ~ Issue #4 ’Featured Artist’
2017: Camera Infinita Magazine ~ Issue #4: “Where The Night Takes Us”, September 2017: http://www.camerainfinita.com/magazine-4/
2017: Fraction Magazine – Issue 98: http://www.fractionmagazine.com/98-1
2017: Elsewhere: A Journal of Place – MAP6 ‘Milton Keynes Project’: https://www.elsewhere-journal.com/blog/2017/4/29/map6-collective-the-milton-keynes-project
2017: WIRED Magazine – ‘System of Absurdity / Soviet Bunker’
2017: Camera Infinita – ‘System of Absurdity’: http://www.camerainfinita.com/system-of-absurdity-2/
2017: AINT-BAD Magazine – MAP6 Collective ‘The Lithuania Project’: https://www.aint-bad.com/article/2017/01/13/map6-collective/
2016: European Prospects – ‘The Lithuania Project’ & ‘The Moscow Project’: http://europeanprospects.org/map6-collective & http://europeanprospects.org/artists/search/The%20MAP6%20Collective%20
2016: Bird-in-Flight – ‘System of Absurdity’: https://birdinflight.com/ru/vdohnovenie/fotoproect/20161129-barry-falk-system-absurdity.html
2016: FotoRoom – ‘System of Absurdity’: http://fotoroom.co/system-of-absurdity-barry-falk/
2016: BBC News In Pictures – ‘The Lithuania Project’: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-37539943
2016: Deep Baltic – ‘Capturing Middle Europe: The MAP6 Collective in Lithuania’: https://deepbaltic.com/2016/10/06/capturing-middle-europe-the-map6-collective-in-lithuania/
2016: Calvert Journal – ‘System of Absurdity’ Soviet Bunker Lithuania Project http://calvertjournal.com/photography/show/6287/soviet-bunker-lithuania-barry-falk-photography
2016: CALAMITA/A blog: ‘Travels Through An Island’ Croatia Project - http://calamitaa.tumblr.com/post/141606307451/barry-falk-travels-through-an-island
2016: Eyes Open! Magazine – ‘Centre of the Earth’ Iceland Project
2016: Creative Boom – ‘System of Absurdity’ Soviet Bunker Lithuania Project – http://www.creativeboom.com/photography/system-of-absurdity-photographer-explores-the-horrors-of-a-soviet-nuclear-bunker/
2015: Art Noise – https://artnoise.squarespace.com/barry-falk/
2013: View Magazine, September 2013: http://viewphotomag.com/view-7/barry-falk/
2013: Photoworks Magazine Showcase – 2012 ‘Incidental Corners’: https://www.photoworks.org.uk/magazine/showcase/barry-falk
http://redsquaregallery.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/barry-falk-derelict-urban-spaces/
2013: Urban Photo Magazine ‘Conceptualising Car Parks’ - http://urbanphotomag.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/car-parks-barry-falk/
2013: Urban Photo Publishing: ‘Refractions Contemporary Urban Photography Magazine – Feb 2013′: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/504894?__r=137642 - urbanphotomag.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/five-questions-for…
www.nativepublications.com/
http://smellslikehumanabsence.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Barry%20Falk