Niamh Barry (b.1998) is a self-taught photographer, videographer, and creativedirector based in Dublin, Ireland. She attempts to magnify queer Irish identities through portraiture and documentary photography; her work conveys intimate moments and emotions in a country marked by the rigid sexual mores ofCatholicism. Challenging traditional notions of Irish femininity, masculinity andsexuality, works such as Queer Hearts of Dublin, No Queer Apologies and Now and Forever, Interpersonally Queer encourage spectators to connect with her subjects as both individuals and as community. Collaborating extensively with fellow queer Irish artists, her work is simultaneously a call for solidarity and a call to action.
You will often find Niamh capturing moments that normally go unseen through her analogue street photography, working with fellow creatives (commercial and non-commercial clients) to capture varying artistic visions, and, most notably, exploring queer experiences within Irish society.
She magnifies queer Irish identities through portraiture and documentary photography, conveying the intimate moments and emotions of queer life in a country marked by the rigid sexual mores of Catholicism. Through her work, she hopes to shed a humanizing light on Ireland's queer citizens, especially those that do not fit within traditional notions of Irish femininity, masculinity, or sexuality.
Niamh is a photographer and Videographer. She was commissioned by the band SPRINTS to direct their music video for a song titled LITERARY MINDS.
RECENT WORK
Exhibitions & Self-Publications:
“Queer Hearts of Dublin” exhibition hosted at Hen’s Teeth 2021,
“No Queer Apologies” First Show during February 2022 @ BLOCK T Studios andsecond show at Hen’s Teeth during May 2022,
“No Queer Apologies” photo book self-published 2022
‘Now and Forever, Interpersonally Queer’ solo exhibition, All My Friends, Dublin,2023 FLUX Members’ Showcase Exhibition, ‘The Bank’, The Digital Hub Dublin, May2023
193rd RHA Annual Exhibition Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May - Aug 2023
Work Featured In: VICE UK, Billboard, CLASH Magazine, Totally Dublin, TheLibrary Project, Project Arts Centre, PhotoIreland 2022 Exhibition and GCNIreland etc.
Clients (Brands): Brown Thomas, Arnott’s, Groovy Chic Official, Hen’s TeethDublin, Indigo and Cloth, Morgan McKinley, Orchard Thieves, and Brian TeelingX GCN, Thin Air Ireland, Leann Herlihy, HoneyPot, Banrion, SPRINTS.
Instagram: @narryphotographyvids