Gem Fletcher is a writer, podcaster and photo director for Riposte Magazine. Her work has been published in The British Journal of Photography, Foam, Creative Review, The Guardian, It’s Nice That and An0ther, and she has written catalogue texts for Rhiannon Adam and Flora Hanitijo, amongst others. In 2019, Gem launched The Messy Truth podcast, a series of candid conversations that unpack the future of visual culture and what it means to be a photographer today. Now in its fifth season, Gem explores reflections on criticism, starting out, diversity, money and success with guests like Antwuan Sargent, Catherine Opie, Farah Al Qasimi, Carmen Winant, Charlotte Cotton, Quil Lemons, Brea Souders and Laia Abril.