Posts by Cassidy Paul
5 Facts about Diane Arbus, Fifty Years Later
On the anniversary of the groundbreaking 1972 posthumous retrospective and monograph, a look back at five lesser-known details from Arbus’s life and career.
Read MoreA Look Inside the Launch Party of Shikeith’s Debut Monograph
Aperture partnered with Jack’d and The Times Square EDITION to celebrate the artist’s new volume “Notes towards Becoming a Spill.”
Read More2022 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Adrien Selbert
Thirty years after the Bosnian War, Selbert’s portrait of a country reckons with the aftermath of conflict.
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2022 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist
Here are the shortlisted artists and finalists for Aperture’s annual award, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.
Read More“Please Tell the World What Is Happening to Us”: A Photographer’s Account of Covering the War in Ukraine
Natalie Keyssar speaks about her powerful, yet devastating photographs from Ukraine—and the essential need for photography in a moment of crisis.
Read More15 Essential Photobooks by Women Photographers
From landmark volumes by Diane Arbus and Nan Goldin to modern classics by Deana Lawson, Rinko Kawauchi, Justine Kurland, and more.
Read More7 Ways the Photography Community Is Responding to the War in Ukraine
From an exhibition by Stephen Shore to fundraising print sales, photographers, collectors, and arts organizations are expressing their support for the Ukrainian people.
Read MoreWhy “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” Endures in the Twenty-First Century
Thirty-five years after the publication of her iconic photobook, Nan Goldin reflects on creating an indelible visual record of her life.
Read MoreA Photographer Conjures the Hypnotic Power of Extreme Color
David Benjamin Sherry’s new photobook of mesmerizing, analog photograms, melds queer history, abstraction, and darkroom magic.
Read MoreThe Radiant Intimacy of Jarod Lew’s Family Portraits
At home in suburban Detroit, the Chinese American photographer invokes the unstable fantasias of personal memory.
Read MoreAperture’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Legendary photographers. Iconic monographs. Thought-provoking essay books. Here are 28 essential Aperture titles that are sure to inspire everyone on your list.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Winners of the 2021 PhotoBook Awards
Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Aperture and Paris Photo present this year’s winning titles.
Read MoreAperture’s 2021 Gala Honors Sara Cwynar, Graciela Iturbide, and Dr. Kenneth Montague
On October 19 and 20, Aperture hosted an in-person and virtual gala to celebrate the range of its publishing program and the field of photography.
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2021 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist
Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, see the 35 shortlisted titles for this year’s Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.
Read MoreA Japanese Photographer’s Bittersweet Archive of His Late Wife
Since 1989, Seiichi Furuya has revisited his intimately quotidian images of his wife in a series of photobooks that affirm photography’s potential to heal, remember, and reimagine a life.
Read MoreHow Peter C. Bunnell Shaped the Photography World
An early staff member of Aperture in the 1950s, the eminent historian and curator was a guiding light in the medium for over sixty-five years.
Read MoreAperture’s 2021 Gala Celebrates the Reach of Photography Today
This fall, Aperture’s annual gala celebrates the range of its publishing program with three honorees: Sara Cwynar, Graciela Iturbide, and Dr. Kenneth Montague.
Read MoreGregory Halpern on the Impossibility of Documentary Photography
Reflecting on his series based in the contemporary social landscape of Guadeloupe, the photographer speaks about his process, personal history, and the politics of representation.
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