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Barry Marsden

(1954-), Photographer

Artist of 71 portraits
Marsden took up photography at the age of 30 in 1981 after taking a degree in painting at Loughborough College of Art. His portrait of the classical composer James MacMillan appeared on the poster for the 1997 NPG exhibition Variations on a Theme while his iconic portrait of Jarvis Cocker, one of many pop commissions for Vox magazine, featured strongly in the 1999 Icons of Pop exhibition.

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Joyce Molyneux

by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 1998
NPG P718(21)

Anton Mosimann

by Barry Marsden
black and white negative, 1998
NPG P718(22)

Gary Rhodes

by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 23 November 1998
NPG P718(24)

Ruth Elias, Lady Rogers; Rose Gray

by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 11 November 1998
NPG P718(26)

Michel Roux; Albert Henri Roux

by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 1998
NPG P718(27)

Rick Stein

by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 1998
NPG P718(29)

Franco Taruschio

by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 1998
NPG P718(30)

Raymond Blanc

by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 1999
NPG P718(1)

Oliver Peyton

by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 1 February 1999
NPG P718(23)

Dick Francis

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1984
NPG x39362

Rowan Atkinson

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1984
NPG x39354

Frank Clarke

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1985
NPG x39357

Trix Worrell

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1985
NPG x39374

Robert Wyatt

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1985
NPG x39376

Gaby Agis

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1985
NPG x36075

Antony Sher as Richard III in Shakespeare's 'Richard III'

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1985
NPG x39369

Martin Amis

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1987
NPG x39353

Iain Banks

by Barry Marsden
bromide print, 1988
NPG x39355

Carel Weight

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1988
NPG x39373

Nell Dunn

by Barry Marsden
bromide fibre print, 1988
NPG x39360

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