About | Barry Falk

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I am a UK based photographer exploring a range of subjects related to the psychological sense of self. I have documented places that have undergone collective trauma, focussing on Eastern Europe to consider his own personal history and to explore how certain locations hold a sense of collective loss related to atrocity. I have also documented key Science research centres, asking the questions of what it means to be conscious, sentient and human.

I am a member of MAP6 Photography Collective, a group of 10 photographers exploring people and places and working towards group projects. The group has travelled as far afield as Russia, Lithuania, Finland and the Shetland Islands. As part of the group I carried out a range of projects, including looking at the Dark Sublime in North Wales, exploring the collapse and legacy of the Soviet occupation in Lithuania and documenting the City of Kauniainen, as part of the MAP6 Finland: The Happiness Project, looking into the findings of the World Happiness Report.

I have exhibited within the UK and internationally, including Finland. I have been featured in a wide range of photographic magazines, given interviews and public talks about my work and been the winner of the Portrait of Britain 2020, featured in the Hoxton Mini Press publication.

Contact

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

Exhibitions & Instagram Takeovers

2022: Helsinki Photo Festival ~ MAP6 Finland: The Happiness Project
2021: Anywhere Blvd ~ Instagram Takeover
2021: Kauniainen City Library, Finland ~ The Happiest Place on Earth
2020: The Photography Gallery, Instagram Takeover ~ MAP6 Finland:The Happiness Project
2020: The West Shelter, Worthing ~ ’Undiagnosed project’
2020: Colonnade House, Worthing, Brighton Photo Fringe 2020 ~ MAP6 Collective ‘Finland: The Happiness Project’
2020: Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography ~ ’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’
2019: Spectrum Photography ~ Instagram Takeover
2018: Regency Town House, Brighton Photo Fringe ~ ‘Thresholds of the Mind, Documenting the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science’
2018: Miniclick Talks ~ Instagram Takeover: ‘Thresholds of the Mind’
2017: m2 Gallery, Peckham ~ ‘System of Absurdity’
2017: Milton Keynes Gallery ~ ‘MAP6 Collective The Milton Keynes Project’
2016: ONCA Gallery, Brighton ~ MAP6 Lithuania Project
2016: Safe Houses 1 & 2, Gallery Seen 15 ~ ‘MAP6 HOME Project’, Peckham 24, London Photo Festival
2016: Hasting Arts Forum ~ ‘Peripheral Homes’
2015: London Photo Festival ~ Retro Wall
2014: Gallery 40 ~ ‘Incidental Spaces’
2013: Royal Photographic Society ~ ‘RPS Print International 156′ Touring Group Exhibition
2013: Moscow Art Project ~ ‘Discovering Borderlines’, April 2013, Moscow, Russia
2013: Works On Paper, January 2013, Science Museum, London, UK
2012: National Open Art Competition 2012, NOAC), The Prince’s Trust, Hoxton, London
2010: Co-Op Building, Brighton Photo Fringe, Collective Show, October 2010

Artist’s Talks & Presentations

2022: Book Launch, The Photographers Gallery ~ MAP6 Finland: The Happiness Project
2022: Biblioscapes In Discussion ~ MAP6 The Isolation Project
2021: Interview with Cecilia McMullen, Kauniainen ~ The Happiest Place on Earth’
2021: Interview with the Finnish Institute UK + Ireland: ~ The Happiest Place on Earth’
2020: Interview for Urbanautica, ‘MAP6 Collective on Happiness and Isolation by Steve Bisson’
2019 Photo Scratch, The Photographers Gallery, London ~ ‘In Search of Amnesia’ presentation
2019 Artist’s Talk ‘In Search of Amnesia’ ~ The Jewish Museum, London
2018 Artist’s Talk ‘In Search of Amnesia’ ~ The Wiener Library, London
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

2022: Docu Magazine: In Search of Amnesia ~ vol 3, issue 5
2021: Another Place Press, Field Notes no.39: Calypso’s Cave
2021: WIRED Magazine, Japan
2020: Portrait of Britain, ‘Undiagnosed’, Hoxton Mini Press edition
2020: The Story Portrait
2020: WIRED Magazine,UK
2018: Art Noise AN Magazine ~ Issue #4 ’Featured Artist’
2017: Camera Infinita Magazine ~ Issue #4: “Where The Night Takes Us”
2017: Fraction Magazine – Issue 98
2017: Elsewhere: A Journal of Place – MAP6 ‘Milton Keynes Project’
2017: WIRED Magazine – ‘System of Absurdity / Soviet Bunker’
2017: Camera Infinita – ‘System of Absurdity’
2017: AINT-BAD Magazine – MAP6 Collective ‘The Lithuania Project’
2016: European Prospects – ‘The Lithuania Project’ & ‘The Moscow Project’:
2016: FotoRoom – ‘System of Absurdity’
2016: BBC News In Pictures – ‘The Lithuania Project’
2016: Deep Baltic – ‘Capturing Middle Europe: The MAP6 Collective in Lithuania’
2016: Calvert Journal – ‘System of Absurdity’ Soviet Bunker Lithuania Project
2016: CALAMITA/A blog: ‘Travels Through An Island’ Croatia Project
2016: Eyes Open! Magazine – ‘Centre of the Earth’ Iceland Project
2016: Creative Boom – ‘System of Absurdity’ Soviet Bunker Lithuania Project
2015: Art Noise
2013: Photoworks Magazine Showcase – 2012 ‘Incidental Corners’
2013: Urban Photo Magazine ‘Conceptualising Car Parks’
2013: Urban Photo Publishing: ‘Refractions Contemporary Urban Photography Magazine