dear love encapsulate Bahbah’s work in a painfully poetic style. It is divided into four main chapters: “Dear Heart”, “Dear Darkness”, “Dear Light” and “Dear Love”, which she says is based on human experience and goes follow the same journey that all of her main characters did. “Dear Heart” represents Bahbah’s coming of age and showcases her early projects. Wild people And Sex and Takeout. “I was too young, and I kept falling in love, at least what I thought was love,” Bahbah said. As you move on to “Dear Darkness,” the work becomes more moody and meaningful, reflecting the difficult period for the artist as she entered therapy and began to deal with trauma, anxiety, and depression. his feelings. “Dear Light” is the result of that process and the realization that everything will be okay. And finally, “Dear Love” is about returning to one’s true self and accepting all emotions.
Bahbah said: “It was scary because I revealed so much about myself in this book, especially in the series synopsis where I break down the story behind each series of photos I did, I think it’s a risk worth taking.” . “I think vulnerability is a superpower and thinking about that for the next year, five years, 10 years is going to be a really special feeling. So I did it for myself when I was younger and I’m doing it for my future self.”
The self-published, self-funded book is available on Bahbah’s website via a sliding scale format, a “pay what you can” initiative she launched in 2020 in an effort to help fans can access their work more easily.
