Along The Way is officially open!

I would like to thank everyone who came through to the Cindy Frey Art Gallery for the opening of Along The Way, thoroughly enjoyed meeting you all. I'm so stoked to have had such a good turn out, a great start to the exhibition.

An extra special thank you to Cindy Frey and Steve Carette for hosting this and giving me the opportunity to do it. Big thank you to Oliver Croome for performing. And also cheers to those who helped with everything! You're the best! 

The expo will be up for all of December so please swing by if you can. See you soon.

-SB  x

CINDY FREY ART GALLERY - Facebook Page

SAM BARKER PHOTOGRAPHY - Facebook page

Along The Way update

Along The Way opens on December 1st at the Cindy Frey Art Gallery, and it gives me great pleasure to announce that Oliver Croome will be coming to perform live. He is a wonderful performer with a unique style. I can't wait to share him with you all in Kortrijk, Belgium.

You can check out Olivers music at the link below...

http://soundcloud.com/olivercroome

-SB

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Jack Burrows

Here's a cheeky shot I took of my mate Jack, one of the nicest, down to earth people you could hope to meet. He went traveling around the world for a year with his girlfriend, when he left he was as clean shaven as the next man, he made it back in September having not shaved once, best souvenir or what?!!

NICK?!

A recent portrait I shot in my new garage studio with my homie Nick Williamson of Williamson films. 

Head over to the Williamson Film Tumblr to see some of his projects.

Fledglings

One of my oldest friends emails me out of the blue to say that she has a new band called Fledglings, they are playing their first ever gig back in Ipswich at the Swan Pub & could I take some photos for them? With pleasure!

Most people will remember Becky from fronting the very much loved band, Making Eyes At Elvis (formerly Charlie Brown). She's been residing in London and studying/working, there fore hasn't done any band stuff for around six years. It was an absolute pleasure to see her back behind the keys and singing her heart out once again. 

I'm sure when people will talk about Fledglings they will probably say that there are of course some similarities between this band and Beckys past venture. However this band has an undoubtedly evolved sound, and some serious balls to boot. I couldn't help but hear some Mars Volta type moments in there set, as well as a little Modest Mouse, but mostly so much captivating originality. I genuinely cant wait for their next show.

El Camino

Here is a couple of shots that overlapped on the most recent 120 film from my Diana F+. 

Shot in Menorca on a drive when me and some amigos borrowed a van from a local fisherman to go to this wonderful rock pool for some snorkeling on a hot as hell August day.

Ideals In Medium Format

Here is a shot I took of Ideals on medium format film using my Mamiya C330.

I snapped this during a quick break on set for the filming of their music video for the wonderful track "Eyes Open". 

Left to right, Ideals are Ben Ward, Ben Smith, Simon Wilson & Andrew Major.

Check out the music video here, created by myself & Nick Williamson

Follow the links below for more from Ideals, Williamson Film & Sam Barker Photography.

Ideals- Facebook
Williamson Film- Tumblr
Sam Barker Photography- Facebook

The Jager Man Can

Shot on medium format film through my beautiful Mamiya C330. Shot in Ipswich's Swan Pub, Jagermeister, fairy lights, and my homie Joe Halls looking far more serious than normal for a split second. No flash used, dark was the intention. This was on a day when Joe decided to not drink for a month. He made it about two weeks, for Joe this was a valiant effort. Some people are just born to lead the party.