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On The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip

Aperture’s Fall 2014 book release, The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip is the first…

America’s Destiny in Pictures

What is the role of the photographer in our new political order? Seven visionaries respond.

A Look Inside the Aperture Digital Archive

The Aperture Digital Archive includes every issue of Aperture magazine since 1952, including rare, early editions.

An Interview with Richard Learoyd from the Archives

Peggy Roalf talks with Richard Learoyd about his portraits made with a camera obscura. Day For Night, a monograph of his work will be available this Fall.

Archive: "Photography, Pornography, and Sexual Politics"

In conjunction with the current “Queer” issue of Aperture magazine, we revisit an article from the 1990 “Body in Question” issue.

On The Nature of Photographs

The following excerpt comes from a conversation in Aperture magazine in 2007 (#186) between writer Luc Sante and Stephen Shore.

"Photographing the Familiar" by Dorothea Lange and Daniel Dixon

From the Aperture magazine archive, a piece by Dorothea Lange and Daniel Dixon.

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