Nicole Acheampong

Latest Stories

How 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.

A Photographer Traces the Ghosts of Loss and Trauma in Southern Africa

Jo Ractliffe’s expansive new photobook demonstrates how words and pictures bring historical memory into sharp relief.

2021 Aperture Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Anouchka Renaud-Eck

Anouchka Renaud-Eck’s vibrant photographs consider the traditions of Indian matchmaking through the lens of contemporary youth culture.

An Audacious Gaze on the Black Queer Archive

The collage artist Alanna Fields draws on vintage photographs, reframing her subjects with wax and glitter—and an eye for subversive gesture.

The Queens Photographer Building a Legacy for His Friends

Dean Majd’s images of skaters and artists portray the joys and trials of young New Yorkers.

The Photographer Who Erased Time

In tentatively optimistic images of strangers, loved ones, and golden-hued landscapes, Widline Cadet memorializes everyday moments of beauty.

FUJIFILM

Naima Green’s Ode to Fleeting Pleasures

At the beach, at a party, or at home, the photographer imagines a world of queer intimacy and community.

Is African Photography a State of Mind?

In a biennial and two recent photobooks, artists consider the postcolonial African subject through intriguingly intimate images.

2020 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Gloria Oyarzabal

Mixing archival images with contemporary snapshots, Gloria Oyarzabal examines the effects of colonialism and the follies of white feminism in West Africa.

Introducing: Lindokuhle Sobekwa

Years after the South African photographer’s sister mysteriously disappeared, his images become a public record of a private myth.

Get Aperture Magazine

Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

$24.95 11Add to cart