A deeply personal new photography book, You’ll Never Meet My New Friends, which is shaped by loss, queer resilience and the quiet power of human connection, will take centre stage at Paris Photo 2025, where photographer Gorka Postigo presents this tender, intimate project.
A photography book rooted in healing and transformation
Unveiled during Paris Photo 2025, Postigo’s book brings together 64 photographs captured over five years across cities including Paris, London, Rio de Janeiro, Abidjan, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Edited by Progresso Books and designed with Daily Dialogue, the 100-page volume traces a visual journey through grief, chosen family, and the search for belonging.
Postigo has said the work emerged from a period marked by profound personal loss, when he lost his partner, a close friend, and his mother within a short timeframe. He describes how grief arrived unpredictably and created a silence he struggled to navigate. Relocating from Madrid to Paris, he returned to instinctive, personal image-making as a way to reconnect with others and with himself.
A Paris Photo 2025 highlight: intimacy, trust, and queer narratives
Far from a traditional documentary, the photography book captures encounters with queer artists, migrants, dancers, lovers, and strangers — many moving through their own moments of transition or survival. Each portrait reflects a mutual offering of presence: a trans father breastfeeding his newborn during a shoot in Rio; a Shanghai performance artist who wordlessly disrobed on a rooftop; a young Buddhist monk in Tokyo balancing tradition with unexpected fascinations; a London boxing coach creating a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ youth.
These moments, Postigo explains indirectly, are less about the image than the connection they make possible. For him, photography becomes a way of building community — a quiet bridge between grief and renewal.
The launch at Paris Photo 2025 will also include an exhibition of 12 prints from the series, with all proceeds donated to an LGBTQI+ organization.
GORKA POSTIGO
You’ll Never Meet My New Friends
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