Brendan Barry is a photographer, educator and camera builder, whose practice combines elements of construction, education, performance and participation. His work is mostly concerned with the transformation of different objects and environments into spaces capable of viewing and capturing a photographic image. Using the mechanics of the medium, he challenges the conventional understanding of the photographic apparatus as a means of inviting audience collaboration and exploration.
He is the founder & director of Positive Light Projects, a not-for-profit organisation using photography to engage and inspire a diverse range of audiences and communities as well as developing emerging photographers and aiding them move their practise forward in exciting and innovative ways.
The artist graduated from an MA in Photography at Plymouth University in 2012. His work encompasses the roles of artist, educator/facilitator, and producer, with the boundaries between the three often blurring. Barry's work has been published in the British Journal of Photography, It's Nice That, The Photographers' Gallery, Photoworks, My Modern Met and Colossal, amongst others. The artist lives and works in Exeter, England.