Sarah Barker Photographer

26/05/2026

Today marks the 29th National Sorry Day.

Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the Stolen Generations, First Nations babies and children who were forcibly removed from their families, communities, Country and culture under past government policies.

Today, we acknowledge the deep hurt, grief and continuing impacts of those forced removals on Stolen Generations Survivors, their families and descendants. The ripple effects of those policies are still felt today.

Please check in with your First Nations family, loved ones, friends and colleagues. Be mindful of how today may be impacting people around you — even passers-by and strangers you meet throughout the day.

Today, we say Sorry.
Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation

24/04/2026

“Save the Forests” series by Sarah Barker Photographer at the Px3 Paris Photography Prize exhibition in Ostuni, Italy 🤗🙏🏼

24/04/2026

Grateful and happy to be selected as a finalist in the Burwood Art Prize. 🙏🏼🤗

26/03/2026

Very happy to be awarded an Honourable Mention for Wugie and Waa in the Mobile Photo Awards 🙏🏼
Congratulations to all.

View all awardees here:
https://mobilephotoawards.com/black-white-winners-15th-annual-mpa/

20/01/2026

When Marie Bashir was Governor of NSW and Chancellor of Sydney University she opened the first exhibition of the portraits I co-created with the KBH Survivors - on Sorry Day 2011 at Sydney University (see comments). She opened exhibitions of these portraits at Bondi Pavillion and Governor Macquarie Tower, among others. It was such an honour.
Vale Marie Bashir. A remarkable humanitarian.

📷 with Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales and Chancellor of the University of Sydney, and Uncle Paul Whitton Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation at the Governor Macquarie Tower opening for the then NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Sorry Day 2014

22/12/2025

Love

09/12/2025

Many thanks to the judges and The Capture Awards for this recognition 🙏🏼.
Congratulations to all the photographers.

03/12/2025

Join us for the first in our series of Water Practice Group Circle Backs as we speak with participants of Objects Embodied facilitated by Lyn Swett Miller, and Bodies Connected by Water with Frances Bukovsky. Together we will explore how water inspired embodied photographic practices within these groups as they generously share from their work and experiences.

Objects Embodied Participants:
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Bodies Connected by Water Participants:






Together we will consider how we can use our camera to tend to the waters that flow in our own bodies, as well as build relationships to the waters that surround us. We hope you will join us! Register here: https://kinship.photography/gatherings-list/embodied-water

28/11/2025

Very proud of this one, and everyone who marches in the streets for justice. Bronze Award in the Tokyo International Foto Awards for “Towards Collective Liberation”* 🙏🏼✊🏼
* the title comes from the Values statement of Photographers Without Borders

Palestine Action Group Sydney

This portrait of photographer John Janson-Moore (centre, with camera) was made amidst the 300,000-strong March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in August 2025. It wasn’t until I reviewed my images in post-production that I found him there - in the thick of it as he so often is. His co...

27/11/2025

Very happy to be awarded an Honourable Mention for "Believe" in the Tokyo International Foto Awards

Palestine Action Group Sydney

Sharna Southwell is a human rights activist who uses cosplay to challenge war-driven profiteering. By embodying idealised feminine characters, she reclaims them to promote justice, compassion, and human dignity. Her work exposes how beauty and consumerism are used to distract from war and suffering....