Andy Barnham is a mixed race, Chinese and English, photographer born in Hong Kong and educated in the UK. The son of a refugee, his work explores the tensions that exist in the themes of migration, displacement and escape versus acceptance, culture and new beginnings. A former British Army officer, who served in Iraq, Cyprus and Afghanistan, Andy has spent a decade in editorial photography, published in such titles as the BBC, the Financial Times, the Guardian, The Times, The Art Newspaper, The New York Times and internationally in titles in the USA, China and Japan.