Cole Barash

About Episode 119

Photographer Cole Barash joins PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to discuss his photobook When the Wind Blows North (TBW Books & Deadbeat Club). What began as a retracing of his father’s wilderness journeys grew into an exploration of how photography and family history shape each other over time. Barash and Wolf also look back at his early career as a snowboarding photographer. He speaks candidly about how his work has evolved since then, and why he lets every stage of his career remain visible.

About Cole Barash

Cole Barash (b. USA) is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice spans analog, digital and archival photography, sculpture, and film. His portraiture and still-life works are distinguished by an organic, spontaneous intimacy, capturing moments of quiet, yet profound, connection. Barash’s artistic inquiry revolves around the interplay of color and composition between objects or temporal occurrences, often culminating in the creation of books or immersive installations. Drawing from a childhood immersed in natural landscapes, his work remains deeply influenced by nature—not only as a physical presence but as a dynamic force that shapes both form and perception. Barash’s work has been exhibited globally, and his books are held in prominent public collections, including the Franklin Furnace Archive and the MoMA Manhattan Artists’ Books Collection. His photography has garnered widespread recognition, appearing in esteemed publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and Vogue, among others.