Barker was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Award in 2017, as well as nominated for Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2018. Mandy Barker is an international photographer whose work investigates marine plastic debris. The Author. In 2005 the plastic caps of Smarties tubes were replaced with a cardboard lid built into the packaging itself. Mandy Barker is an international award-winning photographer whose work involving marine plastic debris over the past 10 years has received global recognition.
After graduation, she started to investigate marine plastic debris. Working with scientists she aims to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the world's oceans whilst highlighting the harmful affect on marine life and ultimately ourselves.
Mandy Barker was awarded Fello… Collaborating with scientists, she aims to raise awareness around plastic pollution in the world’s oceans and highlight current research studying the effects this has on marine life and ultimately ourselves.
Barker mostly collaborates with scientists, aiming to raise public awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans. Based in England, UK, Mandy Barker is an international award winning photographer whose work involving marine plastic debris has received global recognition.
The exhibition, which premieres at Impressions Gallery, is the first major touring retrospective of her work.
She received a National Geographic Society Grant for Research and Exploration in 2018. She has received international recognition for her work involving marine plastic debris with her ongoing series, SOUP, having been published in over 40 countries including, TIME, The Guardian, The New Scientist, National Geographic, VICE, for Greenpeace and on CNN. Mandy Barker (UK) studied MA Photography at De Montfort University, England. Barker’s work has been published in over 40 countries as she…
Our Plastic Ocean, by international award-winning photographer Mandy Barker, addresses the current global crisis of marine plastic pollution. UK artist, Mandy Barker had received world wide recognition for her photographs, which raise much needed awareness about plastic pollution in the world's oceans, whilst highlighting the harmful affects the debris has on marine life and ultimately, our civilisation. Smartie lids recovered from beaches around the UK.
Yet, 13 years lat Mandy Barker graduated from De Montfort University in England with MA in photography. Her work has been exhibited, published and collected worldwide.
Barker collects debris from shorelines across the world and transforms them into powerful and captivating images. Mandy Barker is an award winning British photographic artist whose work involving marine plastic debris has received global recognition.