Mandy Barker

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Mandy Baker
FRPS
Born1964
NationalityEnglish
Known forphotographic artist of plastic pollution
Movement Environmentalism, contemporary [photography] [art]
Website www.mandy-barker.com

Mandy Barker is a British photographer. She is mostly known for work with marine plastic debris. Barker has worked alongside scientists in hopes of bringing awareness to the mass amount of plastic that is floating around in our oceans. [1]

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Biography

Mandy Barker graduated from De Montfort University in England with MA in photography also studied at Leeds Metropolitan University. After graduation, she started to investigate marine plastic debris. Barker mostly collaborates with scientists, aiming to raise public awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans. [2] She received a National Geographic Society Grant for Research and Exploration in 2018. Barker was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Award in 2017, as well as nominated for Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2018. Mandy Barker was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2019. Mandy Barker lives in Leeds.

Exhibitions

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Group

Awards

Publications

Monographs

Catalogues (with other artists)

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