Posts by ApertureWS
Introducing: Luther Konadu
For the latest installment of “Introducing,” Aperture speaks with Luther Konadu, whose constructed photographs riff on the work of Carrie Mae Weems and Paul Mpagi Sepuya.
Read MoreCalifornia on Fire
Carolyn Drake’s photographs of the 2018 wildfires point to the human role in creating a new, terrifying normal.
Read MoreHow to Make Art at 30,000 Feet
For nearly a decade, Nina Katchadourian has made images on airplanes using only a cell phone and found objects.
Read MoreForeigners in a Foreign Land
Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross travel to Peru in search of connections to nature.
Read MoreThe Photographer Giving New Life to Ocean Plastic
Along the coast of South Africa, Thirza Schaap collects discarded bottles and shopping bags to create fanciful sculptures.
Read MoreThe Photographer Behind John Waters's Cult Classic "Pecker"
How Chuck Shacochis made Edward Furlong into an art star.
Read MoreA Japanese Photographer’s Encounters with Natural Disasters
Eight years after a devastating tsunami, Lieko Shiga investigates Japan’s haunted landscapes.
Read MoreWill America's National Monuments Survive the Trump Administration?
David Benjamin Sherry’s spectacular photographs of contested lands.
Read MoreBamako Revisited
The legacy of Mali’s influential photography biennial.
Read MoreHow Can Photojournalists Navigate the Crisis of Press Freedom in Mexico?
In an era of monopolized truth, Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist.
Read MoreThree Women Photographers Reclaim the American Landscape
Susan Lipper, Kristine Potter, and Justine Kurland deconstruct the mythology of the Wild West.
Read MoreFor Alex Majoli, Photojournalism and Performance are Inseparable
The photographer’s psychological portraits cast a unifying light around the world.
Read MoreThe Hard Truths of Family Life
In Florida, Kathryn Harrison photographs her mother and brother with fearless intensity.
Read MoreA Japanese Photographer’s Gleefully Chaotic Family Life
At home in Japan, Motoyuki Daifu captures his family with gleeful candor.
Read MoreRoe Ethridge on Getting It Exactly Wrong
In dizzying sequences, the irreverent photographer embraces risk and failure.
Read MoreWhat Does Photo Editing Look Like?
In the digital age, locking down a sequence of images in print can seem like an act of resistance.
Read MoreStrong Women
Hannah Starkey’s cinematic, psychologically astute portraits define the contemporary flaneuse.
Read MoreBetween Pictures and Concrete Objects
The artist discusses feminism, photograms, and what it means to “hover” in the world.
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