Brian Barbieri works primarily in gelatin silver print from 35mm negatives (TriX400); all B&W work is self processed and self enlarged / printed on fiber paper at the New Orleans Community Printshop & Darkroom. Work has also included 6x6, occasional visits to color in the form of slide film, a present project is a portraiture series printed in platinum palladium. He is a member of the New Orleans Community Printshop & Darkroom (NOCPD). He and another NOCPD member, Garrett DeBell, built the darkroom in its current space in the Court 13 Arts Building; volunteer activities include working with newer analogue photographers during Openshop when the public is invited to use the printshop and darkroom in addition to organizing gallery shows.
Exhibitions: Louisiana Contemporary 2016, Louisiana Contemporary 2017, Politico Popup 2017, Politico Popup 2018, Photo NOLA 2018 New Surroundings, NOCPD Queer Art Show, Photo NOLA's Push Pin, and New Orleans Community Printshop & Darkroom member shows from 2015 through the present. Brian organized a collectively curated NOCPD retrospective group exhibition in conjunction with PhotoNOLA 2023 at Paper Machine Gallery, New Orleans..
Print publications: The Wire 475 09/2023, Burn Barrel Vol 2, Hungarian Academy of Arts: Hungarian Art (Soviet Brutalism / 03 2015 Issue), Wussy Vol 2: The Fight Issue, Wussy Vol 3: The Sex Issue
Louisiana Contemporary 2017
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans LA
Louisiana Contemporary 2016
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans LA
