Chase Barnes is a photographer and designer based in Philadelphia, US where he makes books, photographs and videos that examine the human condition within the contemporary digital landscape. In 2016 he graduated from the University of Missouri with a BFA followed by a MFA in 2018 from the Rhode Island School of Design.His projects have been recently exhibited at the Format Festival in Derby, UK; Soft Power Palace Festival in Berlin; Gehlman Gallery. Providence, USA; ClampArt in New York, USA and Krakow Photomonth in 2016. They have been recently published in Der Grief Magazine and on booooooom.

“Wilderness of Mirrors prompts consideration of the insulated world of the privileged elite, and the ways social media acts as an echo chamber which only reflects people’s own image back to them.The dominant voice is comfortably insulated within a hall of mirrors – we turn our backs to the uncomfortable truths happening right under our noses.” – Lexx Saint Leonard“In Wilderness of Mirrors, Chase Barnes looks to classify the circumstances that have enabled dominant power structures to destabilise our perception of reality through the subtle application of everyday technologies and visual devices.” – PHMuseum Feature

Chase Barnes is a photographer and designer based in Philadelphia, US where he makes books, photographs and videos that examine the human condition within the contemporary digital landscape. In 2016 he graduated from the University of Missouri with a BFA followed by a MFA in 2018 from the Rhode Island School of Design.His projects have been recently exhibited at the Format Festival in Derby, UK; Soft Power Palace Festival in Berlin; Gehlman Gallery. Providence, USA; ClampArt in New York, USA and Krakow Photomonth in 2016. They have been recently published in Der Grief Magazine and on booooooom.

“Wilderness of Mirrors prompts consideration of the insulated world of the privileged elite, and the ways social media acts as an echo chamber which only reflects people’s own image back to them.The dominant voice is comfortably insulated within a hall of mirrors – we turn our backs to the uncomfortable truths happening right under our noses.” – Lexx Saint Leonard“In Wilderness of Mirrors, Chase Barnes looks to classify the circumstances that have enabled dominant power structures to destabilise our perception of reality through the subtle application of everyday technologies and visual devices.” – PHMuseum Feature