Billy Barraclough is a director and photographer based in London. 

He is continuously fascinated by the natural world and our place within it. Through image making, Billy both explores and learns about the world. Approaching personal projects and commissioned works with a unique sensitivity and tenderness that spans portraiture, landscape, and still life.

A graduate of the MA Photography programme at Bristol UWE, he was also selected by the British Journal of Photography as one of their 'Ones to Watch' and is a FUTURES Photography talent of 2021.



barracloughbilly@gmail.com
@billybarraclough
(+44) 07757013723


SELECTED CLIENTS

Anima Magazine, AnOther Magazine, Apple, Audible, British Journal of Photography, der Freitag, Ferus Animi, FT Weekend Magazine, The Guardian, Hot Potato, HTSI Magazine, M Le magazine du Monde, Marine Conservation Society, Monocle Magazine, Nanga, New Statesman, PORT Magazine, Story mfg., Suicoke, The New York Times, TOAST, WaterAid, WePresent, Wire Magazine, Wright + Doyle, YMC


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025 | Fellsman,  Klättermusen, London UK

2024 | Fodder, Ensō House, London UK

2022 | Murmurations, Serchia Gallery, Bristol UK

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 | Iterations, Ensō House, London UK

2024 | Figure.8, Campbell Works, London UK

2024 | Plants in Parallel, Ensō House, London UK

2022 | Marianne Brandt Award Exhibition, Chemnitz Germany

2022 | Truman Brewery Graduate Show  London, UK

2022 | On Birds, Oxford Art Weeks, UK

2021 | Photocopy Club 10 Year Exhibition, Greens Rooms, London UK

2021 | Murmurations Book Launch, Liberty House, Bristol UK

2021 | Read the Room, Serchia Gallery, Bristol UK

2021 | Elective Affinities, Bristol Photo Festival, UK

2021 | Bristol UWE Graduate Showcase Exhibition, Spike Island, Bristol UK

2021 | VICE UK Photography Graduates Exhibition, Photobook Cafe, London UK

2021 | Mass Energy, Bibliotheca Kyiv, London UK

2018 | I Trust in God, Jam Factory, Oxford UK

Publications

2025 | Chasing a Dog Through a Field of Flowers

2022 | Murmurations, second edition, Besides press (Spring 2022)

2021 | Murmurations, first edition, Besides Press (Autumn 2021)

2021 | CATALYST group publication, IC Visual Lab

Awards

2024 | Portrait of Britain, Shortlisted

2024 | Portrait of Humanity, Shortlisted

2022 | Marianne Brandt Award, Shortlisted

2021 | FUTURES Photography, Selected by the British Journal of  Photography

2021 | Ones to Watch, British Journal of Photography, Selected

2021 | And Then There Was Us,  Selected

2020 | CATALYST mentee

2020 | Palm* Photo Prize, Shortlisted



Features

2025 | The Guardian, Fodder

2025 | ATMOS, Fodder

2025 | ICON MENA, Kash Hamam

2024 | WePresent, Ardia

2024 | British Journal of Photography, Kash Hamam

2024 | Camden International Film Festival, CIFF, The Bear

2024 | FOTOFILMIC Journal 20 (print), Kash Hamam

2024 | Fisheye Magazine, Kash Hamam

2024 | Lampoon Magazine, Flowers to Dress the Dead

2024 | Metal Magazine Feature, Flowers to Dress the Dead

2024 | AnOther Magazine Feature, Flowers to Dress the Dead

2022 | Hot Potato (The Fourth One)

2022 | Murmurations review, C4 Journal

2021 | Nowhere Diary Feature

2021 | Creative Review Feature, Murmurations

2021 | Another Place Feature, Murmurations

2021 | Vessel Editions Instagram Takeover

2021 | VICE UK Photography Graduate Showcase (selected)

2021 | Pupilsphere MA Graduate Showcase (selected)

2021 | Black River Issue 2, Ways of Living Zine (selected)

2021 | Bristol UWE Graduate Showcase (online)

2021 | Unveil'd Instagram Takeover

2020 | Document Journal Feature (online)

2017 | Intern Magazine Feature (online)


©Billy Barraclough