Sarah Bahbah

Sarah Bahbah
Artist Sarah Bahbah sits in front of a piano. She is wearing a formal strapless white dress, holding a lit cigarette. She has long, wavy brown hair and bangs. To her right is a lit lamp, and there is a large framed art piece behind her.
"Piano 3" from the series "3eib!"; a 2021 self-portrait of artist Sarah Bahbah.
BornDecember 1991
Perth, Australia
Alma materCurtin University
Known forPhotography
Notable workSex and Takeout, I Could Not Protect Her, 3eib!, Dear Love
Websitesarahbahbah.com

Sarah Bahbah is an Arab-Australian artist of Palestinian and Jordanian descent.[1][2] She was born and raised in Perth, but moved to Los Angeles, California at 25. She gained international attention in 2015 with her photographic series "Sex and Takeout", a play on food porn and indulgence without restraint.[2][3] She held her first solo exhibition, Fuck Me, Fuck You, in New York City in 2018.[4] She has worked with several prominent brands, models, and artists, including Gucci and Vogue.[5] In 2019, she became the first Arab to shoot a cover for GQ Middle East.[6]

Bahbah often captions her images using subtitles, with the resulting image resembling a film still.[7] [8]VICE has described Bahbah's photos as "optimized for the Internet".[9] Elite Daily and Nylon named her Best Instagrammer in 2016.[10][11] She has photographed many young celebrities such as Noah Centineo, Dylan Sprouse, and Alisha Boe.[12]

  1. ^ Pegrum, Emma. "Sarah Bahbah uses art to tell her story". The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Perez, Olivia. "Making The Private, Public: A Conversation With Photographer Sarah Bahbah". Forbes. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ^ "The badass artist behind this viral 'Sex and Takeout' photo dishes on indulging without restraint". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ Bowenbank, Starr (20 March 2018). "Sarah Bahbah On The Dylan Sprouse DM That Inspired A Photo Series". NYLON. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. ^ Casamassa, Sofia (28 May 2018). "Meet Sarah Bahbah: You've Probably Seen Her Art on Someone Else's Instagram Account". Affinity Magazine. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  6. ^ Woods, Cat (13 April 2023). "Photographer and Director Sarah Bahbah Releases Fine Art Book "Dear Love"". GQ Middle East. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  7. ^ Shubshizky, Ines (16 February 2018). "Sarah Bahbah is giving you a glimpse of people's most intimate moments". Forward. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ^ Bailey, Alyssa (12 June 2018). "Artist Sarah Bahbah on Healing, Insta-Fame, and Those Selena Gomez Accusations". Elle. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  9. ^ Black, Shelby (31 March 2018). "These Photos Capture the Angst and Apathy of Love in the Instagram Era". VICE. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Sarah Bahbah". Art Unified Gallery. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  11. ^ Rigby, Myffy (1 March 2016). "Get your kicks with seriously hot sauce: hot plates". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 4.
  12. ^ "interview | sarah bahbah". Schön! Magazine. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.