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The Humane Society of New York in partnership with Aperture Foundation are pleased to present the 5th Fine Art Photography Benefit Auction, an annual benefit to support the Humane Society of New York. The evening will feature both a silent and live auction, with work by Bill Armstrong, Olivia Bee, Cass Bird, Nick Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Arthur Elgort, Phyllis Galembo, Bob Gruen, Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao, William Klein, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz, Richard Renaldi, Tabitha Soren, Alec Soth, Deborah Turbeville, Albert Watson, William Wegman, and more.

Since 1904, the mission of the Humane Society of New York is to prevent the suffering of animals through the provision of affordable and free quality medical care in the Society’s Hospital, shelter in the Society’s Vladimir Horowitz & Wanda Toscanini Horowitz Adoption Center, and humane education.

Honorary Chairman
Arthur Elgort

Evening Charimen
Jade Hobson
Cathy M. Kaplan
Sarah Gore Reeves
Guinevere van Seenus

Use the discount code “aperturemeiselas” for 25% off tickets!

Join Aperture at the New York Public Library for one of their Live from the NYPL series featuring Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas (Nicaragua, On The Frontline) in conversation with artist Ann Hamilton, discussing the arc of Meiselas’ career, and her current retrospective Mediations.

For tickets and further details visit showclick.com.

Register by April 18, 2018

Join Aperture at the Philadelphia Art Book Fair for an artist lecture and book signing with Zanele Muholi (Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Aperture 2018). The prolific visual activist will address projects surrounding a self-proclaimed mission “to re-write a black queer and trans visual history of South Africa for the world to know of our resistance and existence at the height of hate crimes in SA and beyond.” Following the talk will be a book signing.

For more details and full Philadelphia Art Book Fair programming visit, www.phlartbookfair.com

Join Aperture for the opening reception of the 2018 Aperture Summer Open, The Way We Live Now.

How do photographs express a moment of rapid change in society, politics, beauty, and self-expression? Selected from more than one thousand submissions, the 2018 Aperture Summer Open, The Way We Live Now, features eighteen artists and photographers seeking to reckon with the currents and contradictions of life in the twenty-first century. Among the works are powerful chronicles of the crises of opioid addiction and mass incarceration; multilayered portrayals of Latinx, Native American, and queer communities; sweeping accounts of the built environment from Israel to China; and prismatic meditations on African American and diasporic culture, gender, and fashion. Together, the artists in the Summer Open are gathering evidence about how we define images and how images define our lives.

Curated by Siobhán Bohnacker, senior photo editor, the New Yorker; Brendan Embser, managing editor, Aperture magazine; Marvin Orellana, photo editor, New York magazine; and Antwaun Sargent, independent writer and critic

For the full list of participating artists, see here.

About the Aperture Summer Open

Aperture Summer Open is an annual open-submission exhibition at Aperture Foundation’s gallery that features a wide variety of work drawn from members of our photographic community. Selected annually by a prominent curator or editor, the exhibition seeks to reveal and report on critical themes and trends driving international contemporary photographic practice. The exhibition opens the doors of the Foundation to all photographers, both well and lesser-known, as it fosters and promotes new ideas and talent.

Aperture Foundation’s public programs and exhibitions are supported, in part, by generous donations from our Board of Trustees, our Members and other individuals, and major support from private foundations including Ford Foundation, Grace Jones Richardson Trust, Henry Luce Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Reba Judith Sandler Foundation, and public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislator, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Join Aperture at Focus on the Story, for a conversation between Chris Boot (Aperture, Executive Director) and photographer Duane Michals.

Duane Michals is a unique figure in photography. His staged sequences and stories, ranging from jokes about the nature of photography, to profound observations on human desire and frailty, (and often both), are defined by Michals’ singular voice, aesthetic and humor. Since the 1960s, his performances-for-the-camera have shaped the possibilities of photography, while his wide ranging and prolific practice includes portraiture and assignment work. In conversation with Michals, Chris Boot will explore his journey in photography, including – on the day Washington DC celebrates LGBTQ Pride, 49 years after Stonewall – his contribution to queer sensibility and culture.

Focus on the Story: International Photo Festival celebrates the art of photography and the stories behind the images. The festival’s four days, June 7 – 10, will bring together the photography community, engaging in panel discussions, workshops, exhibits, portfolio reviews, and more.

For more info and full festival schedule, visit: focusonthestory.com

Join Aperture at Focus on the Story for a talk with acclaimed Magnum photographer Martin Parr, exploring Parr’s extensive career.

Focus on the Story: International Photo Festival celebrates the art of photography and the stories behind the images. The festival’s four days, June 7 – 10, will bring together the photography community engaging in panel discussions, workshops, exhibits, portfolio reviews, and more.

For more info and full festival schedule, visit: focusonthestory.com

INVITE ONLY

Aperture Members at the Patron ($1,000) level and up are invited to the annual Patron Cocktail Party, graciously hosted by Aperture trustee Willard Taylor and his wife, Virginia Davies, in their home.

Not an Aperture Member? Become one today to receive an invitation to this event and participate in other exclusive gatherings year round!

Image: Berenice Abbott, West Side Looking North from Upper 30s, New York, December 1932 © Berenice Abbott/Commerce Graphics/Getty Images

This event is free for students with ID and Aperture Members at the $50 level and above.

Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with Magnum Photos, is pleased to present a night of conversation between Susan Meiselas and Bieke Depoorter. Join us for a night filled with insight and discussion between two of Magnum’s leading female photographers.

Meiselas and Depoorter, who both joined the agency in their early twenties, will discuss the nature of their work as documentary photographers—exploring both the challenging and rewarding aspects of this field. Both photographers are known for working intimately with their subjects, immersing themselves in new environments, and developing unique approaches in their long-term projects. Two photographers of different generations, they will discuss the changing ways in which photographers capture today’s social and political landscape in the US and worldwide. 

The conversation will be followed by a book signing.

Susan Meiselas (born in Baltimore, 1948) received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MA in visual education from Harvard University. For her groundbreaking work, she has received the Robert Capa Gold Medal for her project in Nicaragua (1979); Leica Award for Excellence (1982); Engelhard Award from the Institute of Contemporary Art (1985); the Hasselblad Foundation Photography Prize (1994); Cornell Capa Infinity Award (2005); and most recently the Harvard Arts Medal (2011). In 1992, she was named a MacArthur Fellow. Meiselas joined Magnum Photos in 1976 and is a cofounder of the Magnum Foundation.

Bieke Depoorter (born in Kortrijk, Belgium, 1986) joined Magnum Photos at the young age of
twenty-five and became a full member in 2016. She received a master’s degree in photography at
the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 2009. She has won several awards for her
documentary projects, including the Magnum Expression Award in 2009. Her previous
publications include Ou Menya (2012) and I am about to call it a day (2014).

Image: Bieke Depoorter, Al-Mahalla al-Kubra, Al-Gharbiya, November 2015; from Bieke Depoorter: As it may be (Aperture, 2018). Bieke Depoorter/Magnum Photos

Aperture Foundation’s public programs are supported, in part, by generous donations from our Board of Trustees, our members and other individuals, and from corporate foundations and private foundations including: Grace Jones Richardson Trust, the William Talbott Hillman Foundation, and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Not an Aperture Member? Join Aperture’s membership program to get closer to the best in photography.

Aperture Members are cordially invited to a special exhibition preview and reception on Wednesday, June 27 for the 2018 Aperture Summer Open: The Way We Live Now.

5:30-7:00 p.m. – Member preview and reception
6:00 p.m. – Introductions by Brendan Embser, managing editor, Aperture magazine and exhibition curators
7:00-8:30 p.m. – Open to the public

How do photographs express a moment of rapid change in society, politics, beauty, and self-expression? Selected from more than one thousand submissions, the 2018 Aperture Summer Open, The Way We Live Now, features eighteen artists and photographers seeking to reckon with the currents and contradictions of life in the twenty-first century. Among the works are powerful chronicles of the crises of opioid addiction and mass incarceration; multilayered portrayals of Latinx, Native American, and queer communities; sweeping accounts of the built environment from Israel to China; and prismatic meditations on African American and diasporic culture, gender, and fashion. Together, the artists in the Summer Open are gathering evidence about how we define images and how images define our lives.

For the full list of participating artists, see here.

About the Aperture Summer Open

Aperture Summer Open is an annual open-submission exhibition at Aperture Foundation’s gallery that features a wide variety of work drawn from members of our photographic community. Selected annually by a prominent curator or editor, the exhibition seeks to reveal and report on critical themes and trends driving international contemporary photographic practice. The exhibition opens the doors of the Foundation to all photographers, both well and lesser-known, as it fosters and promotes new ideas and talent.

Aperture Foundation’s public programs and exhibitions are supported, in part, by generous donations from our Board of Trustees, our Members and other individuals, and major support from private foundations including Ford Foundation, Grace Jones Richardson Trust, Henry Luce Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Reba Judith Sandler Foundation, and public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislator, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.