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James M Barrett

@james.m.barrett

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Passionate Art Photographer | 38 yrs of creativity + awards + international exhibitions | Goldsmiths MAFineArt | Commissions welcome!
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Huge thanks to @glennnnnnnnnd for our brilliant #ringflash shoot. Glen threw great shapes that made full use of his amazing fitness and beautiful ink! And his magnificent #Jackass goofing in front of the camera had me laughing so hard that I nearly dropped all of my equipment several times! #QueerArt #tattooart #bodyink
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This photograph was taken last year as part of James Barrett's @james.m.barrett on going series of White Out Portraits #whiteoutportrait It's an interesting experience being the observed and not the observer. Very contemplative, very centering. If you haven't already discovered James's other portrait collections #harshbeautiful and the new #intothewings series, do find the time to experience them. And as for his #psychedelicbodies series... So many handsome rainbows! So much to explore! šŸ™šŸ» šŸ’™ I also include a couple of sketchbook drawing that I made of James around the same period too. (Note to self - See how style and technique changes over time, while the essence was always there...) #creativecommunity
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WATCH THIS SPACE! This week Iā€™ll be launching a brand-new and deeply personal portrait photography project. Before I do, I wanted to share a little of the story behind it. My dad took me to my first circus when I was five years old, sometime in the mid-1960s. I was completely mesmerised by the aerial acts and begged him to make me a small trapeze to hang from a tree in our back garden. After that, we went to the circus every year, and after every show Iā€™d rush home to try the latest tricks Iā€™d seen. I had a difficult childhood and was never particularly sporty, but the trapeze became my sanctuary ā€” a place where I could finally feel good at something physical. Even at that young age, I also sensed something wonderfully queer and gender non-conforming about circus life that I deeply connected with, long before I had the language to describe it. I eventually outgrew my homemade trapeze as a teenager, but my love of circus never left me. Over the years I went to as many circus performances and events as I could. Then, when I was almost 40 and had moved to Shoreditch, I discovered @nationalcircus right on my doorstep. When I finally found the courage to sign up for trapeze classes, it felt like coming home. My body remembered moves Iā€™d taught myself 30 years earlier as though no time had passed at all. Trapeze was still in my bones. That period also coincided with another very difficult chapter in my life, but being up in the air ā€” encouraged by inspiring teachers and surrounded by fearless classmates ā€” kept me focused and helped carry me through. Now, in my sixties, after 25 years of aerial training, I knew it was finally time to hang up my very amateur but deeply passionate trapeze boots. But the adrenaline, joy, excitement and incredible sense of achievement still come rushing back every time I watch circus artists perform. And this is exactly what the new photo series is inspired by! Huge thanks to: @bertilnilsson Bertil Nilsson @flyingrosa_ Layla Rosa @julieyeung4 Julie Yeung @nationalcircus @flyingfantastic @ymazw Yma Ziranek Wilson @_mishmash Michelle Zahner @yaymoolay Molly Shooter @rachel__bustermoomi @professorcircus . āœØ
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Re: The UK Online Safety Act, asking AI... Q. What's the difference between an upright cartoon penis and a real one? A. ā€œA crude doodle or obvious cartoon penis is usually treated more like illustrated adult contentā€. Trying my best to not ā€œmess upā€ with my online archive...
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Iā€™ve been blown away by all the photoshoots Iā€™ve done lately, so I thought Iā€™d thank the amazing photographers Iā€™ve collaborated with in London and Lebanon. Hereā€™s a video showcasing some of my favorite shots, many of which youā€™ve seen and liked in a video of me moving from shooting set to another. There are 3 parts, i ll be posting them in reverse so you can see them in the right order once you scroll up. You saw the first part, hereā€™s the second! This one is strong! Featured photographers: @studiopm @menbygrahamartin @mepp_london @jamescritchleyphotography @james.m.barrett #photoshootsšŸ“ø #modeling #AICreativity #photographyjourney loveshootingā¤ļø
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Photography has been a huge passion of mine since I was 20, and shooting with talented photographers only fueled my fire. I used pictures of these shoots that you already saw on my profile to create this video of me walking between shooting sets. I prepared 3 parts and Iā€™ll be posting them in reverse so you can watch them in order once you scroll from top to bottom. Hereā€™s the first part! Featured photographers: @james.m.barrett @original_matt_spike @bearstuart @jamescritchleyphotography #photoshootsšŸ“ø #modeling #AICreativity #photographyjourney #loveshootingā¤ļø
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TEN YEARS ONā€¦ With this current trend of posting photos from ten years ago in 2016, I had a look for a picture in my albumsā€¦ only to discover I seem to have had multiple identities that yearā€¦ Bearded/clean shaven, daddy/twink, polished cultural leader/ scruffy hipster and so onā€¦ One thing is clear: since then Iā€™ve started going grey and now have a lot more wrinkles. I guess it happens to us all! In order: 1) portrait by @james.m.barrett from his HarshBeautiful series 2) photo by @clarewoodsstudio 3) etching by @peterjamesfield 4) photo by @des_hughes 5-6) selfies 7-8) photos by @aluncallenderphoto 9) at the Colombe dā€™Or St Paul de Vence 10) at Marilyn Monroeā€™s grave in the Westwood Village Memorial Cemetary in Los Angeles coinciding in a million-to-one chance with a pilgrimage by @suziekennedy - her lookalike #tenyearchallenge #jamesbarratt #peterjamesfield #instagay
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Lovely evening with lovely old friends watching the film version of Merrily We Roll Along. What has always fascinated me about the play ā€” and this film ā€” is how Sondheim flips musical logic: the reprise comes before the song. Not a Day Goes By lands first as regret, then later as love. Same words, utterly changed by context and chronology. Clever, unsettling, but still unresolved for me whether it satisfies.
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Caught up with the kind and wonderful James this week.
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Dec 2021: James M Barrett donated this 1988 Positive Young Gay Group flyer from when he was a youth worker for North London Line Lesbian & Gay Project... REVISITING Rear View: Graphic of the Month ā€“ items from the archive were chosen and commented on by a Guest Curator each month ā€“ all still available via Rear View link in Bio. #aidsactivism #aidsarchives #hivaids #graphicephemera #peersupport
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My epic wall of portraits has started to take shape.
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