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32 Photobooks for Everyone on Your Holiday Gift List
Legendary photographers. Iconic monographs. Thought-provoking essay books. Limited-edition photography gifts. Here is the ultimate guide to the best photobooks to give this holiday season.
Read More6 Photographers Reflect on Robert Frank’s “The Americans”
Dawoud Bey, Kristine Potter, Alec Soth, and more consider the lasting impact of Frank’s groundbreaking photobook.
Read MoreHervé Guibert’s Seductive Photo-Novel About Two Sisters in Reclusion
The influential French writer’s book “Suzanne and Louise” is an intricate choreography of privacy, revelation, and performance, keenly testing the possibilities of its hybrid medium.
Read MoreIn the Mythic Mediterranean, a Labyrinth of Female Creativity
A recent exhibition at the Fondation Carmignac celebrates the infinite possibilities of womanhood.
Read MoreA Historic Archive’s Nightmarish Portrait of America
A new book reimagines the Depression-era photography of Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Gordon Parks, mapping a country of strangers and ghosts.
Read MoreWhy Sohrab Hura Considered Himself an “Anti-photographer”
In his first-ever US museum survey, the Indian artist experiments with the possibilities of documentary images—and expands into painting and video.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Winners of the 2024 PhotoBook Awards
Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Aperture and Paris Photo present this year’s winning titles.
Read MoreRafael Goldchain’s Portraits of Grief and Piety in Latin America
In the 1980s, Goldchain captured tender moments of life against a backdrop of political violence.
Read MoreA Look Inside the Titles Shortlisted for the 2024 PhotoBook Awards
These 35 photobooks highlight excellence in publishing across a wide range of topics and photographic styles.
Read MoreWhat Is Street Photography Today?
An exhibition in New York strives to define the possibilities of street photography today—and to tell us something about the state of our world.
Read MoreHow Emmet Gowin Defines Intimacy in Photography
Since the 1960s, Gowin has made portraits of stunning openness, recorded scenes of environmental devastation, and explored the marvels of biodiversity. His concern, he says, is about showing how we belong to the earth.
Read MoreBehind the Scenes of Aperture Magazine’s Design Refresh
The London-based designer Scott Williams speaks about drawing inspiration from Aperture’s seven-decade design history—and all the details that go into perfecting the magazine’s new look.
Read MoreWendy Red Star on the Power of Indigenous Art
In an interview from her Aperture book, the celebrated artist discusses family bonds, Native history, and how studying sculpture inspired her genre-defying photography.
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2024 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist
Here are the 35 shortlisted titles for this year’s Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards, which celebrate the evolving narrative of the photobook.
Read MoreHow Arielle Bobb-Willis Keeps Her Inner Kid Alive
The rising art and fashion photographer’s debut monograph is a vivid statement about color, gesture, and style.
Read MoreA Collective Portrait of Contemporary Ukraine
Three Ukrainian photographers speak about how Russia’s full-scale invasion has changed their lives and work—and how Ukrainian identity itself has been transformed by the war.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Winners of the 2024 Creator Labs Photo Fund
Presented by Aperture and Google’s Creator Labs, the fund provides financial support to thirty photographers at formative moments in their careers. Here, meet the winners, recognized for their exceptional artistic visions.
Read MoreThe Japanese Women Who Transformed Photography
From Tokiwa Toyoko’s images of women working in the 1950s to Ushioda Tokuko’s domestic portraits, women artists have played a pivotal role in shaping the medium’s history in Japan.
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