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Justin Barton

Cold War
About Justin Barton

His work focuses primarily on identity and heritage. Seeking a deeper understanding of history he examines the objects and people in detail and uses the reflection of today to glean unusual perspectives on the past.

In 2016 he won gold in the Portrait Section of the Tokyo International Foto Awards and Silver in the Political Section and was shortlisted for the Kolga award. In 2015 he won his third International Photography Award (IPA) in 5 years and was shortlisted for the KLPA Portrait award.

In 2013 he won the Lucie Foundation Emerging Photographer Scholarship and the Still life section at the International Color Awards.

His work has been exhibited at the Singapore, Copenhagen, Belfast, Kolga and Organ Vida photo festivals

He is a co-founder and regular contributor to 'Deepsleep' the online magazine and collective devoted to contemporary art photography.

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  • Atomic War: Who Can Push the Button?
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    Investigative journalism that explores several 20th-century US and USSR nuclear missile systems and their crews from both sides of the Cold War ideological fence. Discover rare interior views of war rooms, as well as portraits and interviews with the men who were empowered to push the button.
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