Mimi Plumb’s Prophetic Images of America on the Edge

Since the mid-1970s, Plumb has documented life in the US in a way that anticipates today’s social strife and environmental emergency.

Essays

A Witness to South Africa’s Postapartheid Landscape

From her suburban Cape Town studio, Jo Ractliffe reflects on a career spent documenting the aftermath of violence.

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A Sartorial Chronicle of Moroccan Youth Culture

Blending fashion and art, Sophia El Bahja’s photographs showcase the diversity of Morocco.

Interviews

In Greenland, an Extraordinary View of Everyday Encounters

Interviews

How a Xerox Became a Time Machine

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11 Exhibitions to See This Winter

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Private Walk-Through of William Eggleston: The Last Dyes

Wednesday, February 18, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. EST

Hal Fischer: Seminal Works

Thursday, February 26, 1:00 p.m. EST

Show LA 2026

Thursday, February 26 - Sunday, March 1

Kinship and the Natural World: Genesis Báez and Martha Naranjo Sandoval in Conversation

Saturday, February 28, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST

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When Harry Styles Met Myriam Boulos

How did the pop star fall for the Beirut-based photographer’s sultry images?

John Chiara Illuminates the World’s Simple Mysteries

Building large-scale camera obscuras, Chiara makes wistful photographs that recall the medium’s origins—and our own.

The Woman Who Immortalized the Bauhaus

Lucia Moholy’s photographs helped define the visual identity of the Bauhaus. Why was she left out of its history?

Fashion Photography’s AI Reckoning

When a J.Crew campaign was revealed to be made with AI, fans of the brand felt betrayed. But the fashion industry has always had an elastic relationship with the truth.

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“Aperture is a collaboration between people who believe that visual culture is central to understanding and developing society in a way that is mindful and generative.” —Hank Willis Thomas, artist