David Barette is a photographer who works in various genres. His first exhibition, Some European Cities (2007), connected with the tradition of street photography. Subtitles (of Life & Death) (2008), his second exhibition, was a venture into appropriation art. This comprised photographed freeze-frames, combining image and text, from a diverse range of films. A postcard book, also entitled Subtitles (of Life & Death) was self-published in 2008. For 2008s E17 Art Trail David Barette made a short film, In a Lonely Place (Forever), which again connected to the genre of appropriation. His current exhibition, Somewhere Else, is a collection of photographs that capture the strange, or surreal, in the everyday in such cities as Budapest, Lisbon and Bologna. In 2010 he has exhibited two digital collages for a group exhibition on Russian culture, A Suite of Lighted Rooms (2010). He has an abiding interest in surrealism which is a clear influence on his work. He lives in Walthamstow, London and sometimes Budapest.