
Meet international award-winning photographer Mandy Barker, get expert guidance and take your practice to the next level at this specialist event for photographers.
In addition to the 10 places available, we are offering 2 FREE bursaries to outstanding applicants who would not otherwise be able to take part.
Mandy Barker’s work involving marine plastic debris has received global recognition. Barker was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Award SPACE 2017, the world’s leading photography award for sustainability and is a recipient of the 2018 National Geographic Society Grant for Research and Exploration. She has recently returned from an expedition alongside a team of scientists to Henderson Island, a remote, uninhabited South Pacific island with the highest density of plastic pollution found anywhere in the world.
Barker’s work has been published in over 40 countries, with features in National Geographic, TIME Magazine, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Smithsonian, The New Scientist, The Explorer’s Journal, UNESCO, The British Journal of Photography, FOAM Magazine, GUP, and The RPS Journal.
This focused half-day event offers:
This is a must-attend event for serious photographers at all levels wanting to develop the creative and logistical skills needed to take their practice to the next level.
To book your place or for more information about the event, please contact Angela Sheard on 10274 737843 or email angelasheard@impressions-gallery.com.
Bursaries
In addition to the 10 places available, we are offering 2 FREE bursaries to outstanding applicants who would not otherwise be able to take part.
To apply for a bursary, please send the following to angelasheard@impressions-gallery.com by 5pm Friday 26 July:
• One paragraph on why you want to participate and how you’ll benefit
• One paragraph on your work
• 6 jpgs (max size each 2mb)
The selection will be made by Impressions’ curatorial team, and applicants will be informed by 30 July. Please note that this decision will be final and we cannot enter into correspondence with applicants.

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