BY NIGEL IP

Written by Nigel Ip Photobooks are fascinating weapons in a photographer’s arsenal, revealing insights into their curated approach to their own images. One might compare it to a carefully crafted anthology of poems by a single author that seeks to offer a glimpse into the mind of its creator. A long way home Never Let You Go (2026) was created by Turkish-born photographer Barış Uçar as a reflection on his past three years in London. Intended to evoke the feeling of a diary,

Written by Nigel Ip The intersection of art history and contemporary art practice is a topic that doesn’t get explored enough, yet many great artists, particularly in portraiture like Kehinde Wiley and Catherine Opie, have demonstrated strong links to artists and mannerisms of the past. London-based American painter Tiffany Foster is among those working in this spirit, having previously trained as an art historian at the Courtauld Institute of Art, as well as working as an ar

Written by Nigel Ip During the last ten years of Frida Kahlo’s life, the Mexican painter kept an illustrated diary, filling it with evocations of her deepest emotions, struggles, and creative thoughts. Confined to her bed in the Casa Azul because of a failed spinal surgery, she wrote in her diary: ‘I am not sick. I am broken. But, I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.’ More than 50 years later, Kahlo’s optimistically vulnerable spirit continues to resonate with wome