The Best Photography Features of 2017
Gender is a Playground
From Aperture’s “Future Gender” issue, Zackary Drucker and Kate Bornstein discuss pioneers, politics, and the next frontier in gender expression.
Erotic Voyeurs of Japanese Photography
Three celebrated photographers push the limits of sexuality and surveillance.
These Radical Black Women Changed the Art World
Jessica Lynne speaks with the curators behind the Brooklyn Museum’s landmark exhibition about the revolutionary artists who transformed American culture.
The Lives of Samuel Fosso
The acclaimed photographer pushes self-portraiture into new realms of gender-bending theatricality.
Why Aren’t There Any Famous Asian American Photographers?
Three young artists discuss the histories, struggles, and complexities of making photographs in America today.
Collier Schorr: Humanity, Visibility, Power
From Aperture’s “Elements of Style” issue, is the world finally ready for Collier Schorr’s women?
The Radical Notion That Women Are People
Are we living in a state of emergency feminism?
Is Andrew Tshabangu the Unsung Hero of South African Photography?
In searing and poetic images, Andrew Tshabangu chronicles Johannesburg in the age of democracy.
You Can Never Be Too Rich
In Lauren Greenfield’s chronicle of American wealth, the desire for status is insatiable.
Learning to See: Photography at Black Mountain College
How a small, liberal-arts college became a birthplace of modern photography.
The Cult of Walter Pfeiffer
Delighting in male beauty and gender play, a prolific Swiss photographer reinvented the rules of attraction.
The Unfinished Work of the Civil Rights Movement
LaToya Ruby Frazier and Kellie Jones reflect on political photography from Selma to Flint.
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