Merging family archives with her own photographs, the artist tells a story about immigration with the lives of women at the center.
Mahtab Hussain’s portraits from Baltimore to Los Angeles reflect the diversity of what it means to be an American Muslim today.
For the Brazilian-born artist, beauty is in the pulse point.
The photographer’s queer and Muslim identity gives him a distinct perspective. But, he says, “I am just as much a part of this place.”
The photographer’s collages chronicle friends, family, and community in New York.
In his landscapes and portraits, Kay Kwabia translates city scenes in and around Accra into atmospheric images.
You can find just about anything at this vital market in Ghana. Misper Apawu’s new portraits highlight the traders who run the show.
Incorporating his experience with fashion photography, Idun-Tawiah’s images combine stylized flair with the intimacy of personal pictures.
In her self-portraits and staged images, the Filipino American artist explores the borderlands of identity.
In his photographs, Jarod Lew asks his family to reenact scenes from everyday life, invoking stories that wrestle with the tensions between control and care.
Priya Suresh Kambli works with pictures of her family in India and the US, making connections between past and present.
The photographer Adraint Bereal captures the agony and ecstasy of what it is to be a Black college student in the United States.
In two recent series, the photographer references fragments of antiquity, pulling the past into the present.
Syjuco’s rigorous photographs show how interrogating institutional collections can be a potent tool in decolonizing American history.
The renowned fashion photographer’s previously unseen experimental collages tell the story of a fictional designer who disappears at the height of her career.
In his collaborative multimedia project “The Repros,” Jojo Gronostay poses a timely critique of clothing brands, global trade, and neocolonialism.
Strachan speaks of his work in terms of a West African street festival where dance, poetry, music, and the performing arts are jumbled together in an exuberant whole.
In this series of collages, Thomas draws on stories from Aperture in the 2010s, a decade during which looking back was as vital as looking forward.
The spring 2024 issue, “Counter Histories,” is produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and features photographers from around the world who reframe complex histories.