British Journal of Photography #7924 – Body Talk

In Body Talk, the latest issue of the British Journal of Photography, the body becomes a site of love, desire, obsession, and resistance. This edition examines how photographic representations of the body challenge the idea of the “disinterested gaze,” questioning who looks, who is seen, and how power operates through images.

Across deeply personal, political, and archival works, artists and thinkers explore intimacy, fixation, and self-representation. Diego Moreno blends sacred imagery with erotic encounters, Stefan Dickers reframes pornography and kink as social history, and Hoda Afshar traces obsession through colonial archives. Contributions from Andi Galdí Vinkó, Mark Sealy, Alba Zari, and Amandine Kuhlmann further interrogate the ethics and violence embedded in observation.

The issue also features BJP’s Agenda, Projects, and Intelligence sections, with highlights including exhibitions on the HIV/AIDS crisis in Italy, Alejandro Cartagena at SFMOMA, the V&A Photography Centre’s rehang, and insights from World Press Photo’s Joumana El Zein Khoury.