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Mandy Barker

@plasticpieces

Award-winning & globally recognised photographer representing the issue of marine plastic debris for more than 15 years - awareness leading to action

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Thankful to be featured in Big Issue with my new work & book, ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections’ aiming to raise awareness of fast fashion / the over consumption of clothing / where it ends up …because it is a BIG ISSUE - #hoping to lead to #action & #change

Thankful to be featured in <a href="/BigIssue/">Big Issue</a> with my new work &amp; book, ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections’ aiming to raise awareness of fast fashion / the over consumption of clothing / where it ends up
…because it is a BIG ISSUE - #hoping to lead to #action &amp; #change
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Waste clothing disguised as algae washing up today in BILD newspaper Germany. The best-selling European newspaper with the sixteenth-largest circulation worldwide #fastfashion bild.de/leben-wissen/m…

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Back to where it all began today… for my project ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections’ where I found a piece of material in a rock pool that changed my life... to raise awareness of #fastfashion #climatechange #syntheticfibres EARTHDAY.ORG

Back to where it all began today… for my project ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections’ where I found a piece of material in a rock pool that changed my life... to raise awareness of #fastfashion #climatechange #syntheticfibres <a href="/EarthDay/">EARTHDAY.ORG</a>
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‘Sirens Women and the Sea’ at @FerensArtGallery in my home town of Kingston-upon-Hull. Grateful to have #PlasticPollution included as part of the area Climate Call (until 5th May 2025)

‘Sirens Women and the Sea’ at @FerensArtGallery in my home town of Kingston-upon-Hull. Grateful to have #PlasticPollution included as part of the area Climate Call (until 5th May 2025)
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Editors Pick on LENSCRATCH – many thanks to Vicente Cayuela for his words and pick of my project ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections’... "recently published I encourage everyone to get their hands on a copy..." www-mandy-barker.com

Editors Pick on <a href="/lenscratch/">LENSCRATCH</a> – many thanks to Vicente Cayuela for his words and pick of my project ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections’... "recently published I encourage everyone to get their hands on a copy..." www-mandy-barker.com
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Huge thanks to It's Nice That for sharing my work and new publication - to purchase the book please order from my website, thank for your support for change itsnicethat.com/articles/mandy…

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TODAY in ‘The Observer’ – ‘Six species within the genus Fast Fashion’ from my new book along with some of the garments recovered from the sea. Order here; mandy-barker.com/books

TODAY in ‘The Observer’ – ‘Six species within the genus Fast Fashion’ from my new book along with some of the garments recovered from the sea. Order here; mandy-barker.com/books
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BOOK SIGNING ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype IMPERFECTIONS’ with @GOSTBooks at Photo London on Friday 16 May at 4pm. To endorse the book, I will be wearing some of the clothing I recovered from the sea…

BOOK SIGNING ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype IMPERFECTIONS’ with @GOSTBooks at <a href="/PhotoLondonFair/">Photo London</a> on Friday 16 May at 4pm.

To endorse the book, I will be wearing some of the clothing I recovered from the sea…
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NO WORDS… for the film OCEAN released today on the 99th birthday of Sir David Attenborough - this is a MUST SEE - an urgent call to action. Happy Birthday! & many thanks for your encouragement over the years!

NO WORDS… for the film OCEAN released today on the 99th birthday of Sir David Attenborough - this is a MUST SEE - an urgent call to action. Happy Birthday! &amp; many thanks for your encouragement over the years!
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Honoured for my cyanotype prints to be exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025 - invited by celebrated architect Farshid Moussavi OBE, RA - completely overwhelmed by the response to this series of work by its global reach royalacademy.org.uk/article/summer…

Honoured for my cyanotype prints to be exhibited at the <a href="/royalacademy/">Royal Academy</a> Summer Exhibition 2025 - invited by celebrated architect Farshid Moussavi OBE, RA - completely overwhelmed by the response to this series of work by its global reach royalacademy.org.uk/article/summer…
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Delighted to speak today on international news FRANCE 24 English for the cultural show #Arts24 about my work and plastic ahead of #UNOC3 in Nice next week youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

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Finishing touches today on #WorldOceansDay to the outfit I will be wearing for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Varnishing Day tomorrow, created from clothing recovered from the sea to endorse my work on show #cyanotypes #syntheticfibres #plasticpollution

Finishing touches today on #WorldOceansDay  to the outfit I will be wearing for the <a href="/royalacademy/">Royal Academy</a> of Arts Summer Exhibition Varnishing Day tomorrow, created from clothing recovered from the sea to endorse my work on show #cyanotypes #syntheticfibres #plasticpollution
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Very grateful to have my work featured in Financial Times in print and online for an article to highlight the opening day of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice this week ft.com/content/4127bf…

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See me creating on the new series of “GO GET ARTY” this Friday, June 20, 2025, at 5:40pm on CBBC, UK, where I will be making my largest ever image alongside an animated paint brush! (plastic-free!) CBBC catch up on BBC iPlayer Series 1 Episode 5 #plasticpollution #education #art

See me creating on the new series of “GO GET ARTY” this Friday, June 20, 2025, at 5:40pm on CBBC, UK, where I will be making my largest ever image alongside an animated paint brush! (plastic-free!) <a href="/cbbc/">CBBC</a> catch up on <a href="/BBCiPlayer/">BBC iPlayer</a> Series 1 Episode 5 #plasticpollution #education #art
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Incredible opening at Gibellina Photoroad 2025 with my images projected onto the 16-metre giant sphere of the church Chiesa Madre in Gibellina, Sicily. A huge size to show the scale of the problem #plasticpollution

Incredible opening at Gibellina Photoroad 2025 with my images projected onto the 16-metre giant sphere of the church Chiesa Madre in Gibellina, Sicily. A huge size to show the scale of the problem #plasticpollution
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Huge thanks to Collector Daily & Blake Andrews for the review of ‘Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections’ who has described it as a “triumph”. I am so grateful for this in-depth and thought provoking review collectordaily.com/mandy-barker-p…

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My outdoor installation of 5 cube frameworks over 3 metres high in "Sistema delle Piazze" in Gibellina, Sicily for @gibellinaphotoroad an air and site-specific festival in Italy - until 20 August. Raising awareness of #plasticpollution on all platforms

My outdoor installation of 5 cube frameworks over 3 metres high in "Sistema delle Piazze" in Gibellina, Sicily for @gibellinaphotoroad an air and site-specific festival in Italy - until 20 August. Raising awareness of #plasticpollution on all platforms
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“Can you look future generations in the eye?” United Nations negotiation session #INC52 will decide the on a globally binding #PlasticsTreaty -Photographing ONLY marine plastic pollution for the past 16 years I hold my breath for this is a once-in-a generation chance for #change

“Can you look future generations in the eye?” 
United Nations negotiation session #INC52 will decide the on a globally binding #PlasticsTreaty -Photographing ONLY marine plastic pollution for the past 16 years I hold my breath for this is a once-in-a generation chance for #change
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TODAY is the final day of negotiations in Geneva for the #GlobalPlasticTreaty sadly “the situation looks dire, the proposed text falls short of ensuring human health protection and has been dismissed by a vast majority of countries” action.greenpeace.org.uk/global-plastic…

TODAY is the final day of negotiations in Geneva for the #GlobalPlasticTreaty sadly “the situation looks dire, the proposed text falls short of ensuring human health protection and has been dismissed by a vast majority of countries” action.greenpeace.org.uk/global-plastic…