Searching for Truth on the Set of “The X-Files”
In the early 2000s, John Divola photographed the soundstages of the classic sci-fi show, revealing a world suspended between illusion and apparatus.
Read MoreA New Space for Photography Explores Who Gets to Be an American
With its first permanent exhibition center, Cincinnati’s FotoFocus cements its standing at the forefront of lens-based art.
Read MoreThe Summer Belongs to Joel Meyerowitz
With his newly reissued Cape Light, Meyerowitz helped establish color photography as fine art, imbuing small-town life with luminous beauty.
Read More25 Photobooks That Define America
From classics to contemporary standouts, these volumes illuminate the paradoxes and possibilities of life in the United States.
Read MoreHow Schiaparelli Reimagined the Fashion Photograph
Beyond her innovations in Surrealist dress, Elsa Schiaparelli was perhaps the first designer to fully grasp how the camera could extend and refine the visual language of couture.
Read MoreA Whimsical Time Capsule of Everyday China
The thousands of amateur photographs in the Beijing Silvermine archive trace daily life in China before the ascendance of social media.
Read MoreZig Jackson Won’t Let Native America Be Forgotten
The photographer and educator has spent his career asserting Indigenous presence in the American landscape.
Read MoreIn Mexico City, Two Exhibitions Blend Offbeat Humor and Sly Sensuality
Claudio Mansour and Enrique Garcia’s recent photography-based shows dramatized the endurance of sex and exhaustion, exercise and caffeine.
Read MoreSzilveszter Makó Wants to Be in Control
With his distinct theatricality and closely guarded process, the photographer conjures his own private world. It’s become a public obsession.
Read MoreIshiuchi Miyako Manifests the Invisible
For more than half a century, the legendary Japanese photographer has explored how time etches its mark on everyday objects and surfaces.
Read More9 Exhibitions to See This Summer
From high fashion to high-speed photography—and everything in between—here are the season’s must-see shows.
Read MoreDaido Moriyama’s Homecoming in Japan
The mythic photographer’s globally touring retrospective has a long-awaited presentation in Kyoto.
Read MoreThe Secret Life of Photography
Aperture’s summer issue exposes a world of conspiracy, private eyes, voyeurs, hidden histories, and nested realities.
Read MoreDuane Michals Had No Regrets
The wildly inventive photographer on his prescient career, his fascination with dreaming, and how he embraced photography’s failures.
Read MoreAperture Welcomes the Public to Its New Home This September
Our executive director looks ahead to the opening of Aperture’s permanent space at 380 Columbus Avenue, a place to gather, share ideas, and engage with photography.
Read MoreThe Photographer Who Made Absence Her Muse
Alix Cléo Roubaud’s extraordinary darkroom visions, cut short at age thirty-one, are only now coming to light.
Read MoreWalter Pfeiffer’s Atlas of Desire
The Swiss photographer’s pictures of youth, sex, and other delights exult in a hedonism haunted by the transience of life.
Read MoreHow Carrie Schneider Made the World’s Largest Photograph
Schneider’s dazzling contribution to the 2026 Venice Biennale transforms a fleeting moment from a Chris Marker film into a monumental installation.
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