David Barrett

David Barrett is a formally educated photographer who grew up alongside a skyline of shipbuilding cranes in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, his work is influenced by the British social documentary tradition which he discovered during his teenage years through exhibitions at the city's renowned Side Gallery. Local practitioners of this time helped him see how his everyday looked when photographed.

David attended Newcastle College of Art before working as a commercial photographer .

Recognition & Exhibitions

Benson & Hedges Gold Awards Highly Commended 1988

British Landscape P.O.T.Y Awards Commended 2008

British Life Photography Awards Highly Commended 2015

i-Street, Group Show, Dublin Exhibited 2015

Obscure Street, Group Show, Dublin Exhibited 2016

Photo Oxford Festival , Exhibited 2017

Lensculture, International, Street Awards, Finalist 2017

Lensculture , Street awards, San Francisco Exhibited 2017

Alghero Street Photography Awards Street Photo, Winner 2018

The Voies Off Festival , Arles, France Exhibited