Posts by ApertureDigital
Envisioning the Right to Vote
How do Bruce Davidson’s photographs of the Selma march in 1965 find their echo in the modern debate over voter ID laws?
Read MoreThe Pleasure of the Text
Merging images and words, conceptual artists in the 1970s advanced a new visual language.
Read MoreTania Franco Klein's Homage to William Eggleston
Introducing Tania Franco Klein, the winner of Aperture’s Instagram contest honoring William Eggleston.
Read MoreOn Empathy: 10 Powerful Images from Magnum Photographers
Magnum’s Square Sale features work that explores our collective humanity.
Read MoreFrom Stonewall to AIDS, Framing Queer Desire
A recent forum at MoMA reveals a rich, often-overlooked thread of queer history and photography.
Read MoreLouis Faurer's Postwar New York
In the late 1940s, the photographer’s photographer reveled in the contradictory energies of urban life.
Read MorePushing the Boundaries of Gender Performance
Spanning over eighty years of photographs, an exhibition explores the gender non-conforming potential of the word “they.”
Read MoreAre You Ready For Love?
Four exhibitions celebrate feminist artist Ellen Cantor, who explored the subversive potential of female sexuality.
Read MoreVanguard of the Revolution
In the era of Black Lives Matter, what is the legacy of the Black Panther Party? Stephen Shames revisits his chronicle of American activism.
Read MoreBefore They Were Stars
In his new memoir, the critic Douglas Crimp revisits the origins of the Pictures Generation, a fabled era of art, sex, and experimentation.
Read MoreA Portrait of New York in Rocks and Clouds
In his latest series, Mitch Epstein reveals the natural world within the urban grid.
Read MoreThe Archipelago of Desire
In Cape Verde, a Portuguese photographer documents the trans community with candid intimacy.
Read MoreSouth Africa in Black and White
In David Goldblatt’s photographs from apartheid to the present, a striking account of South African life.
Read More5 Photography Exhibitions to See This Fall
From modern dance to postwar portraits, here are this fall’s must-see exhibitions in New York.
Read MoreBruce Conner's Rebellion
In film and photography, the genre-defying artist confronted American life in the Atomic Age.
Read MoreDispatches: Cairo
On the rooftops of Egypt’s capital, photographers reclaim the urban landscape.
Read MoreA New Grammar for Blackness
Award-winning poet Claudia Rankine reflects on the intricate drawings of Toyin Ojih Odutola.
Read MorePhotography is Miraculous
Kaja Silverman revises the history of a deceptive medium.
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