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Carrie Schneider, Madame Psychosis (Joelle van Dyne), 2023

Carrie Schneider Unspools a Riddle about Photography and Cinema

The artist and filmmaker speaks about Imogen Cunningham, Romy Schneider, and why she built a room-size camera.
Yevgenia Belorusets, Lucky Breaks, 2018

An Uncanny Chronicle of Ukraine, Before and After the War

What does “Lucky Breaks,” Yevgenia Belorusets’s foreboding book of fiction and documentary pictures, tell us about the cycles of history and myth in Ukraine?
RaMell Ross, Sleepy Church, 2014

William Christenberry, RaMell Ross, and the American Crucible of Hale County, Alabama

A remarkable exhibition by the two artists charts a visionary path through the landscapes of the South.

A Photographer’s Canny Investigation of American Privilege

Buck Ellison creates deliberately artificial depictions of wealth and aspiration, crafted with the precision of commercial shoots.

Judith Joy Ross’s Timeless and Empathic Portraits

Ross has been called one of the greatest portrait photographers in the history of the medium. As a long-overdue retrospective opens in Europe, a new generation will witness her radical belief in the individual.

William Gedney’s Timelessly Intimate Photographs of San Francisco in the 1960s

A new publication of Gedney’s work shows why his lyrical images deserve a closer look.

A Three-Volume Book Becomes a Testament to Mary Ellen Mark’s Career

The late photographer, who left behind more than two million images, spent her life in search of the elusive iconic frame.
Alice Rose George, New York, 2012

How Alice Rose George Shaped a Pivotal Era in Photography

Susan Meiselas, Alec Soth, Nan Goldin, and others reflect on the life and work of a legendary photo editor and poet.

An Exhibition in Tucson Looks at the Things We Leave Behind

Photographers Tom Kiefer and Alejandro Cartagena portray unseen lives, migrant journeys, and the disparity between reality and myth.

Nan Goldin’s Profound Influence on Film and Television

With its vivid color, indelible characters, and documentation of a pre-gentrified New York City, Goldin’s photography is a readymade mood board.

How to Map a Territory that You Don’t Own

Mitch Epstein discusses Standing Rock, the American flag, and the moment he saw Mount Rushmore cry.

Three Women Photographers Reclaim the American Landscape

Susan Lipper, Kristine Potter, and Justine Kurland deconstruct the mythology of the Wild West.

The Threat of Being Seen

In her latest series, Alex Prager conjures the drama of Golden Age Hollywood.

A Startling Discovery at San Quentin

Ear Hustle podcast creator Nigel Poor uncovers a trove of photographs at California’s most infamous prison.

America on the Brink

Zoe Leonard’s retrospective investigates the politics of image making.

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Aperture 254

This spring, Aperture presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their ongoing Counter Histories grant initiative, featuring artists from around the world who tell new stories about how the past informs the present.