ABOUT
Biography
Peter Paul Barbara started photography at a very early age and later on studied reprographics and colour processes at Crosfield College in Watford UK. In 1997 he was made Associate Member of the Royal Photographic Society and the Masters Photographers Association of Great Britain.
His work has been published both locally and abroad and has also featured in international publications including the UK magazine, People in Camera. He has received various local commissions from public and private agencies, and his field of specialisation is industrial maritime landscapes, seascapes and landscapes, fine art photography as well as editorial photography.
A warranted teacher by profession, Barbara was visiting Lecturer at BSc Level in Applied Photography and Digitisation for Cultural Heritage between 2001 and 2005 with the Institute of Cultural Heritage of the University of Malta and the Malta National Centre for Restoration and Documentation of Cultural Heritage.
Throughout his photography career, Peter Paul had set up a number of personal exhibitions the largest of which was Steel 2001-The Moulding of a Small Nation, was opened in 2002 in the foyer of the European and International Trade Union Confederation General Headquarters in Brussels and later at the St James Cavalier in Valletta and the Trees of Buskett - Agents of the Sublime , also at St. James Cavallier National Art Centre and MedNet at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean at the Auberge d' Italie in Valletta.
One-Man Exhibitions
Primordial Engravings
National Museum of Fine Arts Contemporary Gallery
Valletta - 1997
The Works of National Sculpture Anton Agius
Gallerija Liberta
Valletta - 2000
Steel 2001
The Moulding of a Small Nation
The National Art Centre for Creativity St James Cavallier
Valletta - 2002
Malta 60 AD
Maritime Museum Vittoriosa
for APS Bank to commemorate Papal Visit of John Paul II in Malta (Curated by Dr Jevon Vella)
Vittoriosa - 2010
Mednet At the Cross Roads of the Mediterranean Sea
Auberge d'Italie
Valletta - 2014
The First Ten Years
Transport Malta Centre
Lija - 2020
Combating Violence Against Women The Role of Men and Boys
The Parliament House in Valletta
Valletta - 2023
Inside a Walled City
The Mdina Restaurant
Mdina - 1998
Steel 2001
The Moulding of a Small Nation
ETUC GHQ
Brussels - 2001
Sacred Places
Comune di Spoleto
Lazio Region
Italy 2004
The Trees of Buskett
The National Centre for Creativity
St. James Cavalier
Valletta - December 2013
Malta's Harbours
International Maritime Forum
Hotel Excelsior
Valletta - 2015
Malta Metro
Pjazza Puirjal
Valletta - 2021
Hamrun, it's Culture and People
The Hamrun Culture Hub
Hamrun - 2024
Collective Exhibitions
Citta Vittoriosa
Malta National Tourism Organisation
Societa Muzikali San Lawrenz
'Palazzo Huesca
Vittoriosa - 1997
Silent City
Mdina Festival
Mdina Restaurant
Mdina - 1998
All That Jazz
The Malta Jazz Festival
Gallerija Liberta
Valletta - 2001
Sacred Art
Gallerija Liberta
Valletta - 2001
Facing Future Challenges through Intercultural Dialogue for European Representation Malta
Auberge d’Italie
Valetta - 2008
Selected Books and Publications
In Memoriam - 1999
Premordial Engravings - 1997
Steel 2001 - 2002
Elements of Change – 2007
The Trees of Buskett – Agents of the Sublime - 2014
MEDNET – At the Cross Roads of the Mediterranean - 2015
The First Ten Years (Photograph)y - Transport Malta - Ed Dr Maria Brown Transport Malta -2020
T-21 - A Quarterly Publication - since 2021
T-21 - A Transport Malta Annual - 2022