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Handmade or photocopied, zines operate outside of traditional publishing networks—and counter the preciousness of the print.
In the 1970s, Dennis Feldman photographed living rooms across the country. What do his images of TVs reveal about the national consciousness?
When cryptocurrency was on the rise, entrepreneurial artists and prominent photographers rushed to release NFTs. But is the NFT actually a medium—or merely a medium of exchange?
For the world’s most powerful camera, translating invisible light is a matter of art and science.
From Maya Angelou to Todd Gray, writers and artists from around the world have returned to Ghana in the decades since the country’s independence. What were they looking for?
From photographs to record covers, Ghana’s archives have become invaluable resources for understanding the nation’s past.
Home to a gallery and thousands of books, the Dikan Center is the latest in a growing number of creative hubs across Ghana.
During World War II, Miyatake made surreptitious photographs of Japanese Americans incarcerated by the US government. He saw little need to glorify, humanize, or even individualize the prisoners—because he was one of them.
Asian American photographers have always found inventive ways to engage with interior spaces, often against the demands of public visibility.
Paul Kodjo’s edgy photographs of nightlife and youth culture in Ivory Coast resisted cultural norms of the 1970s. They almost disappeared forever.
Stephanie Hueon Tung, guest editor of Aperture‘s summer 2023 issue, on the artists confronting the tensions between past and present—and what it means to be Asian in America.
How the Belgian artist models his work on photographs and film stills to evoke history and trigger memories.
Before he died in the early 1990s, the Bronx-born artist used family pictures throughout his singular work in photography, drawing, and painting.
In his collaborations with influential literary figures and performers, Hosoe created surreal scenes that invoke the fantastic.
The Colombian artist deployed a practice of wit, charm, humor, and exaggeration in his photography, uncovering the “truths” beneath cultural conventions.
The artist’s visual jokes, out-of-place expressions, and even a cutout of his own face mark his presence in the world—and tell a story about Asian American identity.
For more than fifty years, Charles “Teenie” Harris created a vivid record of the city. Now, a major archival project stands to reveal the scope of his vision.
In her final book, Malcolm reflects on her career-long preoccupation with photography—and considers memory as both muse and captor.
“Accra,” guest edited by the New York–based artist Lyle Ashton Harris and the Accra-based photographer and educator Nii Obodai, considers the Ghanaian capital as a site of dynamic photographic voices and histories that connect visual culture in West Africa to the world.
