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Can Photographs Provide Information When Truth Is Disrupted?

Meet the photographers who are examining globalization, technology, politics, and the dynamic changes to social identity today.

Announcing the 2020 Aperture Summer Open Artists

At a moment when ideas about truth have been disrupted, these artists consider how photography portrays our experiences of technology, politics, and the social landscape.

Delirious Cities: The 2019 Aperture Summer Open

Meet the twenty-three artists asking how photographs can define the diversity of urban experience today.

The Way We Live Now

How do photographs express a moment of rapid change in society, politics, beauty, and self-expression?

What New York Photo Editors Want to See

The curators of the 2018 Aperture Summer Open discuss what inspires them in photography today.

2017 Aperture Summer Open: A Conversation With Eric Gottesman from For Freedoms

Aperture recently spoke with Eric Gottesman about photographic liberation.

2016 Aperture Summer Open: A Conversation with Charlotte Cotton

The curator of Aperture’s Summer Open speaks about the relationship between photography and magic.

The Call Begins: The 2016 Summer Open

The call officially begins for the 2016 Summer Open, Aperture’s third annual open-submission exhibition

Recap: 2015 Aperture Summer Open Opening Reception

A recap of the Aperture Summer Open opening reception on July 16th, 2015 at Aperture gallery.

Announcing the 2015 Summer Open

From over five hundred applicants, twenty-four photographers consider the ways in which our current reality might outpace outlandish narratives of science fiction.

A Q&A on the 2015 Aperture Summer Open

Aperture magazine editor Michael Famighetti on his choice of this year’s Summer Open theme and his selection process.

Aperture Summer Open Call for Entries is now Open!

Announcing our 2015 Summer Open Exhibition, “Black Mirror.” Deadline for entry is April 8.

#FF: 13 Aperture Summer Open Photographers on Instagram

From the wide group of photographers featured in the exhibition, we’ve chosen a few Instagram accounts worth following.

Recap: 2014 Aperture Summer Open Opening Reception

A recap of the Aperture Summer Open opening reception on July 17th, 2014 at Aperture gallery.

Preview: 2014 Aperture Summer Open Exhibition

Aperture executive director Chris Boot on his selections for Aperture’s first annual Summer Open Exhibition at Aperture Gallery.

2014 Call for Entries is Now Closed!

The entry period for the 2014 Aperture Summer Open is now closed. Thanks for entering!

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