Welcome to
Photos by
Barry!
Barry W. Hollritt was born in Paterson, New Jersey. His first photographs were taken with a Brownie box camera that his parents let him use while staying at the Jersey shore. Little was he to know that those first New Jersey seascapes would be followed years later with landscapes, seascapes and other vistas from around the world.
It wasn’t until his college days that Barry first found photography to be in his soul. Studying European and British literature, he graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey’s largest private university, with a degree in literature. However, while studying W.B.Yeats and Shakespeare at Wroxton College in Oxfordshire, England, Barry found the camera to be his true calling. Barry sold his first photographs of the English countryside to appreciative patrons in 1974.
Beginning in 1976, he was employed by a now defunct international charter airline that took him to locales all over North America, the Middle East and Europe on a regular basis. Always carrying his beloved 35mm Topcon camera, first purchased in 1974, Barry began amassing a wonderful portfolio of faces and places that created the foundation for his future work.
Emulating one of his inspirations, the poet William Carlos Williams, who was a doctor by day and a poet by night, Barry began his professional career as a steward in the airline industry, and later, as Marketing and Business Development Manager for Toshiba America for 13 years. By day, a successful corporate manager, by weekend and night he became a landscape, waterfowl, and nature photographer. And so the wandering continued.
In 1988, Barry started exhibiting his work at local art shows and began receiving recognition and awards for his landscape and nature photographs. While living in New Jersey on a small lake, Barry truly developed a passion for waterfowl, especially the beloved swans that have become one of his trademarks. He became a life time member of the Trumpeter Swan Society in 1994. As a birder and naturalist, Barry started photographing swans along with many other flying critters before he joined the organization.
Barry found swans, and specifically the Trumpeter swan to be an alluring, magnificent and inspirational subject for his work. You will discover, like many other endangered species, that this bird, the largest flying bird in North America, was on the verge of extinction early in the 20th century.
You are encouraged to check out the society link and know that we are preserving these swans for future generations to view in awe, as they honk on by.
Following in the tradition of Peter Scott, the famed naturalist and waterfowl painter, Barry began concentrating on capturing images that go beyond the realm of photographs and approach what he refers to as “photographic artwork”.
A lifetime member of the Trumpeter Swan Society, Barry continues to support efforts toward conservation and preservation of the wildlife he so adores and photographs. Residing again in northern New Jersey, Barry continues offering his work at over 20 events each year.
The skill of Mat cutting and framing!
So many subjects find themselves in front of my lens! As you see in my online photo gallery, I photograph more than just one subject. The world is my inspiration. I shoot the images, I print the images, and I also write the prose that goes with the image. Here is a moment when I turned the camera on myself as I sorted a “few” of the images prior to matting them.”
2002 - 2023
In 2002 I began Photosbybarry! From the beginning, I not only continued my photographic wandering, but I also learned the art of matting and framing all of my work, Whether you view my artwork on my website or at an art show, you will be purchasing a labor of love!
Starting in 2020, I began offering Metal prints which may be ordered directly from my Print Gallery option on this site. These purchases are done directly on the site.
Starting in 2021, I am now offering Calligraphy prints on this site. Though I’ve been selling these prints at art shows for years, this is the first time they can be viewed and ordered online!
Calligraphy prints require direct contact with me through the site at this time. Reach out to me to order or discuss your combinations of words and photos.
Today, Barry is concentrating on growing his portfolio of Asian, European, British and American landscapes and wildlife while working to expand his presence within the corporate fine-art marketplace and the art and photography world of the United States and beyond. Thanks again for visiting here at PhotosByBarry.com and email him at sirbarry@gmail.com or reach out in the Contact section on this site.
Check out all of Barry’s photographs under his Portfolio tab, and also his Calligraphy images under the Calligraphy tab. Enjoy the wandering.