Barry Cawston Figurative Photography

Giant silos seem to twist to the heavens. Salvador Brazil – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with c...

The American Dream abandoned in surburbia perhaps…. on the outskirts of its cities the reality of life can be both beautiful and harsh. – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a world-in-waiting as he journeys across the American West. “The greatest part of a road trip is not the arriving but all the crazy stuff that happens along the way”. – A larger format bespoke edition is also available on request. This custom edition of 3 pieces is produced to a client’s specifications. Typically this is for pieces greater than 150cm and up to 230cm on the longest side. Please contact us for further details. Edition of 10 Presentation: Photographic print...

High-rise in Rio de Janeiro each complete with the ubiquitous air conditioning units. 195 windows on Rio life. – High-rise communal living was once se...

A landscape from the Somerset Levels. – Cawston’s landscapes are filled with delicate harmonious tones. They resonate feeling and leave the viewer rapt, lost in the detail as if listening to the echoes of a half-remembered symphony. Poetical visions of paths and glades, ancient woods reflected in flood waters, nature revealed...

Modernity and repetition in New York City – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the...

A table awaiting bread to be broken and wine to be drunk… – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories ...

Structure and abstraction – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collective. By...

Modernity and repetition in New York City – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the...

Streams of light illuminate a dilapidated Cuban car in an old building in central Havana. This captivating photograph depicts an atmospheric scene of an aged garage, imbued with nost...

Rising like a phoenix from the dereliction of Battersea Power Station, London. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable...

Communal living in Rio de Janeiro – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collect...

A factory in Avonmouth. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Runneresque postmo...

A giant head with a VR headset installed as a new stage at the Glastonbury Festival. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orde...

A factory in Avonmouth. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Runneresque postmo...

A picture of Emptiness, Babylon… – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Runneresq...

The Wills Building, an iconic building in Bristol. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of...

The passing of time revealed in the dock buildings of Avonmouth, England. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable inte...

A picture of Emptiness, Babylon… – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of a Blade Runneresq...

The Empress cinema building in Manchester before its demise – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is ...

The bright colours of a cafe in a poor district of Salvador in Brazil. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose ...

An exuberance of colour in Brazil – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories are suffused with a fade...

The Wills Building, an iconic building in Bristol. – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is rather of...

An exuberance of colour in Brazil – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glories are suffused with a fade...

The washing lines and bright colours of a backstreet in New Delhi – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel...

High rise in Singapore – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collective. By fo...

Peace and quiet behind shuttered windows in Barcelona – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individua...

The abstraction of modern living in 65 flats in Rio de Janeiro – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the ...

Dynamic shapes and colours seem almost otherwordly. Yangon, Burma – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures ...

The emptiness of a multi-storey car park late at night in Bristol – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. ...

Along the road to the promised land of California…. an abandoned shack on the dry side of the mountains – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a wo...

Along the road to the promised land of California…. an abandoned shack on the dry side of the mountains – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the beauty of the mundane finds a wo...

The emptiness of a multi-storey car park late at night in Bristol – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. ...

A new world of bright lights and dramatic lines… but will the children of the street ever find their place. – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding ...

Roadsweeper on the streets of Yangon – Cawston won the BJP Nikon Endframe Award in 2009. His prize was funding for a dream project and he chose to travel the length of the Yangtze ri...

Giant silos seem to twist to the heavens. Salvador Brazil – Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with c...

Structure and abstraction – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collective. By...

High rise in Singapore – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individual within the collective. By fo...

A moment of reflection as a cat and resident seem to make eye contact between the floors. – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Te...

Peace and quiet behind shuttered windows in Barcelona – High-rise communal living was once seen as a great step forward for mankind. Cawston’s Tenement series captures the individua...

The bright colours of a cafe in a poor district of Salvador in Brazil. – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose ...

An exuberance of colour in Brazil – The Spaces in Between series developed out of visits to Naples in Italy and Havana in Cuba, two cities whose past glo...

The American Dream abandoned in surburbia perhaps…. on the outskirts of its cities the reality of life can be both beautiful and harsh. – Cawston’s eye for colour, structure and the...