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Why Sohrab Hura Considered Himself an “Anti-photographer”

In his first-ever US museum survey, the Indian artist experiments with the possibilities of documentary images—and expands into painting and video.

What Is Street Photography Today?

An exhibition in New York strives to define the possibilities of street photography today—and to tell us something about the state of our world.

The Japanese Women Who Transformed Photography

From Tokiwa Toyoko’s images of women working in the 1950s to Ushioda Tokuko’s domestic portraits, women artists have played a pivotal role in shaping the medium’s history in Japan.

Robert Frank’s Genre-Bending Collaborations with Musicians

Patti Smith, Tom Waits, and the Rolling Stones liked Frank because he turned a sympathetic eye to the margins of American experience.
Virginia Hanusik, Raised House in Delacroix, St. Bernard Parish, 2022

In Louisiana, a Photographer Charts Storms and Weather as Markers of Time

Virginia Hanusik’s portrait of coastal Louisiana looks beyond narratives of ruin and resilience.

The Exhibitions That Transformed African Photography

In 2004, the exhibition “Africa Remix” opened in Europe just as interest in contemporary African art was spreading worldwide. Twenty years later, does the show—and others of the era—still hold up?

An Ardent Observer of Beirut

Tanya Traboulsi pairs atmospheric images with pictures from her family archive, reflecting on the past and present of Lebanon’s capital.

Dayanita Singh Finds Common Ground in the Work of Two Architects

In her long-term series on Geoffrey Bawa and Bijoy Jain, Singh offers a world in which the aspirations of modernism are realized.
Tadáskía, Corda dourada com minha irmã Hellen Morais, 2020

A Brazilian Artist Finds Beauty in Hidden Revelations

Celebrated for her drawings and installations, Tadáskía’s photographs promote a new visual vocabulary about memory, property, and the Black family.

How Images Make the Objects We Desire Seem Irresistible

In the twentieth century, photographers proved you could sell anything. Today, they work in a world where you have to sell everything.

Kosen Ohtsubo’s Flower Planet

Inspired by jazz, improvisation, and conceptualism, the ikebana artist has created playful works that merge disciplines.

The Musicians Who Energized a Revolution in Nepal

Prasiit Sthapit’s photographs show how musicians—as both instigators and healers—influenced an insurrection that shook the country.

What Christopher Gregory-Rivera Discovered in Puerto Rico’s State Secrets

For decades, US officials sought to suppress independence movements in Puerto Rico, spying on activists and their families. What do their formerly secret files reveal?

How One Photographer Documented Ghana’s Transformations

Gerald Annan-Forson portrayed Ghana in the 1970s from an intimate perspective, telling a spectacular story of political and social change.

A Mother’s Relentless Quest to Find her Missing Son

After her son disappeared from Hong Kong into China, Yu Lai Wai-ling embarked on a lifelong search to bring him home. The photographer Billy H.C. Kwok convinced Ms. Yu to tell her story, assembling images of grief and resolve.

Young Photographers in Myanmar Express a Nation’s Anxiety

Following a brutal and ongoing coup in 2021, artists from the country attempt to make sense of a troubling new political reality.

Rediscovering Hisae Imai’s Otherworldly Vision

Once a darling of Tokyo’s avant-garde and fashion scenes in the 1960s, Imai took an unexpected turn after a tragic accident.

The Women Photographers Who Consider the Dynamics of Being Seen

At a moment when women are increasingly losing control over their own bodies, can self-representation become a form of resistance?
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Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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