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Aaryan Sinha’s Iconoclastic Views of India

Winner of the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize, the photographer twists familiar clichés into an exploration of what it means to feel estranged from one’s homeland.
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An Inner Life Remade by Grief

In the wake of her father’s death, Olivia Crumm explores how loss bends everyday reality into something strange and new.
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In New York, a Vivid Tribute to a Dominican Tradition

Victor Llorente documents the folkloric costumes and traditional dances of the carnival group Los Andulleros de Santiago.
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The Precarious Beauty of Mumbai’s Influencer Culture

Megha Singha’s portraits of young women explore the forces that shape desire and online fame, playfully blurring the line between art and content.
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Between Histories, a Photographer Creates Her Own

Farren van Wyk navigates emotional states of belonging between South African culture and European roots.
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Sophia Wilson Just Wants to Have Fun

The young artist has photographed Teyana Taylor and worked with Nike, all while pursuing a vibrant style shaped by growing up in New York.
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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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