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Aaryan Sinha’s Iconoclastic Views of India

Winner of the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize, the photographer twists familiar clichés into an exploration of what it means to feel estranged from one’s homeland.

An Inner Life Remade by Grief

In the wake of her father’s death, Olivia Crumm explores how loss bends everyday reality into something strange and new.

In New York, a Vivid Tribute to a Dominican Tradition

Victor Llorente documents the folkloric costumes and traditional dances of the carnival group Los Andulleros de Santiago.

The Precarious Beauty of Mumbai’s Influencer Culture

Megha Singha’s portraits of young women explore the forces that shape desire and online fame, playfully blurring the line between art and content.

Between Histories, a Photographer Creates Her Own

Farren van Wyk navigates emotional states of belonging between South African culture and European roots.

Announcing the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

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

Looking Back at Twenty Years of the Aperture Portfolio Prize

Since 2006, the annual competition has spotlighted new talents in contemporary photography.

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.
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Aperture Magazine No. 261, “The Craft Issue” Cover
Aperture Magazine

Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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