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Alana Perino Crafts a Haunting Story of Family and Memory

In the Florida island town of Longboat Key, the photographer—and winner of the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize—portrays a home upended by loss.

A Shimmering Portrait of Contemporary Iran

When Sara Abbaspour returned to Iran after working in the United States, she found a new way of photographing her home country.

How the War in Ukraine Altered Life for a Lost Generation

Rather than making documentary images of the war itself, Daria Svertilova focuses on her friends and acquaintances—and the emotions of resistance.

Life in Afghanistan after the Fall of Kabul

Hashem Shakeri’s photographs show the texture of daily life in a place the rest of the world has seemingly forgotten.

A Transfixing Look at Nature at Its Most Unnatural

Emma Ressel’s dioramas question our relationship to animals and the environment in an era of climate anxiety.

Announcing the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist 

Here are the shortlisted artists for Aperture’s annual award, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.

Avion Pearce Creates a World between Reality and Dreams

Winner of the 2024 Aperture Portfolio Prize, Pearce maps the interplay between time and the body.

A Playful Investigation of Community and Territory

In the Bolivian Andes, River Claure reckons with colonial history.

Janna Ireland’s “Pauline” Is a Passport into a Past Life

When she inherited her grandmother’s photographs, Ireland discovered how image making is an act of self-preservation.

In India, an Artist Revives the Legacy of a Small-Town Photo Studio

Abhishek Khedekar pays tribute to a photographer whose images permeated everyday life.

Laila Stevens Seeks Sisterhood in Her Portraits of Black Women

A visit to North Carolina influenced the photographer’s ideas about the power of family.

Announcing the 2024 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist 

Here are the shortlisted artists for Aperture’s annual award, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.

Vân-Nhi Nguyen’s Bold Perspective on the Lives of Young People in Vietnam

Winner of the 2023 Aperture Portfolio Prize, Nguyen casts an intimate gaze upon a generation confronting historical stereotypes.

A Photographer’s Final Collaboration with His Father

In 2019, Brian Lau traveled to Ho Chi Minh City to document the last months of his father’s life, creating a moving meditation on family and grief.

Samantha Box’s Pictures of Dreams and Diaspora

The photographer’s multilayered still lifes interrogate the trade routes between Africa, the Caribbean, and the US—and show how memory emerges through the senses.

How a Young Chinese Photographer Subverts Traditional Gender Roles

Ziyu Wang’s playful portraits parody the social expectations of masculinity and what a “man” should look like.

Akshay Mahajan Searches for Mumbai’s Past Lives

In his portraits, street photographs, and still lifes, Mahajan envisions Mumbai through the eyes of a sculptor who walks the city in search of a muse.

Announcing the 2023 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.
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