When Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia’s capital in August 1968, Josef Koudelka was one of the first on the scene.
Shani Jamila, Larry Ossei-Mensah, and Teju Cole discuss travel, mobility, and the meaning of images.
An artist and filmmaker contends with Iranian identity.
Susan Lipper’s sun-bleached pictures reimagine a stereotypically masculine landscape.
Throughout his long career, David Goldblatt has used the camera to reflect the social realities of South Africa.
Through uncanny vintage photographs, Laura Larson tells a story of love and attachment.
How can photography transform representations of non-binary and transgender bodies?
Mark Steinmetz’s project on the Atlanta Airport portrays the American South in all its complexity and contradiction.
What does it mean to confront the history of racial violence in the United States? In a wide-ranging conversation, Bryan Stevenson and Sarah Lewis discuss images, power, and justice.
Photographer James Mollison and writer Jon Ronson recall their playground memories with Aperture Executive Director Chris Boot…
Behind the scenes of the museum’s latest showcase for new photography.
Eugene Richards’s new film shares stories of overlooked citizens.
From Accra to Harlem, photographs that expand the field of representation.
In her first retrospective, Lola Flash celebrates queer legacies through vibrant portraiture.
Tobias Zielony captures the colors and moods of Ukraine’s queer nightlife.
Katie Couric interviews the lauded photojournalist about her adventures abroad and her challenges at home.
A landmark exhibition argues that the photographer’s approach to image making goes far beyond documentary.
Zackary Drucker and Kate Bornstein discuss pioneers, politics, and the next frontier in gender expression.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.