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"Images have never been under so much scrutiny, and that scrutiny is shaping the kinds of photographs we see and dictating trends, content, and mood."
"In Montana’s world, the stories and the light each mark their own time, because everyone here knows the cruelty of clocks."
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"The sitters for The Birmingham Project are simultaneously surrogates, mourners, witnesses, community, and agents of their own narratives."
"Weiss is the last living representative of humanist photography, a typically French trend related in style to the serendipities of the street."
Aperture and Paris Photo announce the shortlist for the 2018 PhotoBook Awards.
Are fashion photographers responsible for producing truthful images?
Star Montana’s dreamy portraits capture the golden aura of East Los Angeles.
In September 1963, six children were killed in racially motivated violence in Alabama. Fifty years later, Dawoud Bey pays tribute to a community’s resilience.
Honorees include Agnes Gund, Catherine Gund, Catherine Opie, Hank Willis Thomas, and Dr. Deborah Willis.
Sabine Weiss’s photographs brought style and serendipity to the streets of Paris and beyond.
In an interview, the visual activist speaks about courage, rethinking history, and the politics of exclusion.
From biohacking to vitamins, photographer Matthieu Gafsou’s latest series questions the relationship between human bodies and technology.
Working between portraiture and documentary, Khalik Allah’s new book tracks Harlem by night.
Guadalupe Rosales and her archive of Chicano life in Los Angeles.
Aperture’s free On Sight curriculum brings together students of different backgrounds in Los Angeles.
Laia Abril’s new book provides a harrowing record of women’s struggles to access family planning.
