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Recap: Aperture "Fashion" Launch at Gagosian Shop

Recap of Aperture Magazine Issue #216 “Fashion” Launch Party with Inez and Vinoodh at the Gagosian Shop in New York City.

Aperture #216 – Editors' Note

From the Fall 2014 issue of Aperture Magazine, #216, “Fashion”, guest-editors Inez & Vinoodh.

The Lives of the Saints by Charles Bowden

A piece by Charles Bowden, originally published in Aperture magazine issue #205 on the beauty and dangers of primal appetites.

Light Writing in the Tropics: The Story of Hercule Florence

The story of Hercule Florence, who invented an early form of photography in Brazil while studying the Amazon’s birdsong.

Bárbara Wagner: The Maracatu by Agnaldo Farias

Agnaldo Farias on Bárbara Wagner, featured in Aperture magazine issue #215, “The São Paulo Issue”

Revisiting the Winogrand Archive: Philip Lorca diCorcia in Conversation with Leo Rubinfien

Leo Rubinfien and Philip Lorca diCorcia revisit the Garry Winogrand archive.

Groupshot by Ronaldo Entler

Ronaldo Entler maps a selection of some of the most important photography collectives working in the city of São Paulo for Aperture Magazine #215.

Caio Reisewitz by Christopher Phillips

Christopher Phillips on the work of Caio Reisewitz, from Aperture magazine #215, Summer 2014.

Aperture #215—Editors' Note

The Editors’ Note from Aperture magazine #213 Summer 2014, The São Paulo Issue.

Songs Left Out of Nan Goldin’s Ballad of Sexual Dependency

Greil Marcus muses on the Soundtrack to Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.

The Collectors: Matt Wolf

Matt Wolf’s newest documentary Teenage is on tour now, showing in theatres across the United States.

Toward A New Documentary Expression

From “Documentary, Expanded”, Stephen Mayes reflects on documentary photography’s radically shifting terrain.

Watching the World

From “Documentary, Expanded”, Lev Manovich discusses the emerging field of social-media visualization.

Basetrack: Conversation with Teru Kuwayama

For “Documentary, Expanded”, Teru Kuwayama discusses Basetrack, Afghanistan, and the advantages of social media reporting.

Photography, Expanded: Conversation with Chris Boot

Susan Meiselas discusses how documentary photographers can respond to a transformed media environment.

"What Is a Photograph?"

Jacob King reviews “What is a Photograph?”, on view at International Center of Photography through May 4, 2014.

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