Barry Mayo

Barry Mayo's fine-art photographs focus primarily on the natural interplay of light and shadow. In many of Mayo's images, the stark contrast of both his black and white and color imagery highlights his study of social, visual and emotional juxtapositions. Through careful observation and the interplay of the visual geometry of space and place within his photos, Mayo's work results in something that is formally complex - yet his images deliver a succinct and direct assessment of his surroundings - and the imagined interior life of his subjects. His images explore racial themes, ideas around presence and absence, and cultural dilemmas found in science and faith. In the end, the photographs of Barry Mayo make the experience of the world a newly seen experience for the viewer.

After a successful 35-year career as a broadcasting program executive and owner, Barry Mayo began exhibiting his photography in various museums and galleries, including a group exhibition at the prestigious Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. Mayo has served on the boards of numerous educational institutions including Vice-Chair of the World of , an organization teaching financial education and philanthropy to young people in the New York City metro area. He al...

Howard University School of Communications, BA 1997
International Center of Photography, Continuing Education Program, 2013-2014

Recent: Two Views? /¿Dos Vistas?
This show kicks-off a series of public programs curated by Arts Mid-Hudson and Latinx Project that invite the public to explore what we think we know, what we are missing, and what we can learn to broaden our horizons and shrink the spaces between us all. Showed at the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History in Kingston NY