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Aperture at San Francisco Art Book Fair 2025

Thursday, July 10 - Sunday, July 13
Talks

Radical Archiving: Memory as Activism

Tuesday, July 15, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Workshop

Mirando Juntos: Activating the Archive

Wednesday, July 16, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT
Aperture PhotoBook Club

Richard Misrach: Cargo

Tuesday, August 12, 1:00 p.m. EDT

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Why Does the Italian Polymath Bruno Munari Still Spark Joy?

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A Shimmering Portrait of Contemporary Iran

When Sara Abbaspour returned to Iran after working in the United States, she found a new way of photographing her home country.
How the War in Ukraine Altered Life for a Lost Generation
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How the War in Ukraine Altered Life for a Lost Generation

Rather than making documentary images of the war itself, Daria Svertilova focuses on her friends and acquaintances—and the emotions of resistance.
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Books

Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition

$39.95
Books

Richard Misrach: Cargo (signed edition)

$85.00
Books

An-My Lê: Small Wars

$60.00
Prints

Dakar Roadside with Figures, Senegal, 1972

by Ming Smith
$3,000.00
Books

Sally Mann: At Twelve, Portraits of Young Women

$50.00
Books

Susan Meiselas: Nicaragua

$50.00
Books

Race Stories: Essays on the Power of Images

$39.95
Prints

Untitled, 2003

By Ninagawa Mika
$500.00
Prints

Untitled, 1997

By Nomura Sakiko
$500.00
Prints

Sake + Karei + Haihīru (Salmon, flatfish, and high heel), 1987

By Kon Michiko
$500.00
Prints

Untitled, 1996

By Hara Mikiko
$500.00
Prints

Untitled, 2020

By Okabe Momo
$500.00
Prints

Cargo (January 2, 2024, 7:06 a.m.)

By Richard Misrach
$10,000.00
Prints

Morning with You

By Diana Markosian
$300.00
Books

Diana Markosian: Father

$50.00
Books

Tina Barney: Family Ties

$65.00
Prints

Austin, 2020

By Arielle Bobb-Willis
$1,000.00
Books

Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Dark Room A–Z

$85.00
Paul Sepuya box set
Prints

Paul Mpagi Sepuya Limited-Edition Book and Print Set

by Paul Mpagi Sepuya
$2,200.00
Books

Robert Frank: The Americans, Centennial Edition

$150.00
Books

Robert Frank: The Americans

$50.00
Prints

Living Room Limited Edition Book and Print Set

by Nick Waplington
$850.00
Doorway II
Prints

Doorway II, 2015

by Kelli Connell
$900.00
Boulos Photobook and Print Bundle
Prints

Untitled, from What’s Ours

by Myriam Boulos
$850.00

“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

“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