When Nigel and Tessa swapped books

Lifestyle columnist Tessa Prieto trades books and poses with Nigel Barker during his book launch
Lifestyle columnist Tessa Prieto trades books and poses with Nigel Barker during his book launch

 

 

 

Nigel Barker, popularly known as this generation’s photographer to supermodels, blew into town recently for the launch of his hardbound “Models of Influence: 50 Women Who Reset the Course of Fashion,” sponsored by Swatch and Philippine Tatler.

 

Barker became a buzzword in Manila following his judging stint in “America’s Next Top Model.”

 

Inquirer Lifestyle columnist Tessa Prieto took the occasion to trade books with Barker. She gifted the photographer with a copy of her own “Tessa: Ten Times Ten,” a compilation of her best columns that have appeared in these pages in the last decade.

 

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