Diane Smyth is a freelance journalist who contributes to the Guardian, Creative Review, the British Journal of Photography, Aesthetica Magazine and more.

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Nan on Brian’s lap, Brian’s birthday (1981), from ‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency’. Maison Européenne, Paris.
From ‘I have found a light in the darkness’ by Julia Soboleva (Witty Books)
From Muddy Dance (2021) by Erik Kessels, published by RVB Books.
Mass Baptism, Southend-on-Sea (detail) (2013) in ‘Thames Log’ by Chloe Dewe Mathews. © Chloe Dewe Mathews
Installation view of ‘Night into Day’ at the Fondation Cartier, Paris, in October 2020.
Wrestling with Spectres (2019) from the Arrival series, Farah Al Qasimi. Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai; © Farah Al Qasimi