Barker has worked alongside scientists in hopes of bringing awareness to the mass amount of plastic that is floating around in our oceans.
Barker mostly collaborates with scientists, aiming to raise public awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans.
[2] She received a National Geographic Society Grant for Research and Exploration in 2018.
Barker was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Award in 2017, as well as nominated for Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2018.
Mandy Barker was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2019.