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Dannielle Bowman, Vision (Bump'N'Curl), 2019

Announcing the 2020 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

From over 900 submissions, meet our five shortlisted artists.

2019 Portfolio Prize Winner: Mark McKnight

Mark McKnight’s black-and-white images of bodies and landscapes challenge Eurocentric ideas about male beauty—and aim to make “straight” photography a little less straight.

2019 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Teresa Eng

In her lyrical, dreamlike images, Teresa Eng asks—what does modern China look like to a child of the Chinese diaspora?

2019 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Jack Latham

In the age of fake news, Jack Latham investigates the secret society that has inspired conspiracy theories, protests, and attacks since its founding days in 1872.

2019 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Zora J Murff

Zora J Murff evaluates the fallout of prejudicial housing policies within the larger narrative of violence perpetrated against African Americans.

2019 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Guanyu Xu

Reclaiming domestic space through installations in his parents’ home, Guanyu Xu explores queer identity and censorship across China and the US.

2018 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Fabiola Cedillo

Read a statement by Katie Booth, Digital manager of Aperture Magazine

2018 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Eduardo Rivera

Read a statement by Lesly A. Martin, Creative Director of Aperture

2018 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Philip Cheung

Read a statement by Amelia Lang, Executive Managing Editor.

2018 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Hausthor and Guilmoth

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2018 Portfolio Prize Winner: Ka-Man Tse

Read a statement by Michael Famighetti, Editor of Aperture Magazine

2018 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

Presenting the five finalists for the 2018 Aperture Portfolio Prize, an international photography competition.

2017 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Kris Graves

Read a statement by Samantha Marlow, Associate Editor.

2017 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Balarama Heller

Read a statement by Nelson Chan, Production Manager.

2017 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Nancy Floyd

Read a statement by Nicole Maturo.

2017 Portfolio Prize Winner: Natalie Krick

Read a statement by Lesley A. Martin, Creative Director of Aperture

2017 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Emmanuelle Andrianjafy

Read a statement by Brendan Embser, Managing Editor, Aperture magazine

2017 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

Presenting the five finalists for the 2017 Aperture Portfolio Prize, an international photography competition.

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