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Into Eden: A Conversation with Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques

Ahead of his commission for Aperture, the French photographer previews a new project exploring the mythologies of real estate.

Armory Africa Focus Preview: A Conversation with François-Xavier Gbré

In France and West Africa, an Ivorian photographer chronicles the ruins of modernist architecture and national memorials.

Armory Africa Focus Preview: A Conversation with Namsa Leuba

A Swiss-Guinean artist takes photography to the farthest reaches of glamour.

Black Lives, Silver Screen: Ava DuVernay and Bradford Young in Conversation

As a preview of the upcoming Summer issue, two groundbreaking filmmakers speak about diversity and inclusion in Hollywood–now a national conversation.

Into the Void: Taryn Simon in Conversation with Kate Fowle

In the Spring 2016 issue of Aperture, Simon speaks with Kate Fowle about her ongoing project Black Square.

On the Cover: A Conversation with Samuel Gratacap

A young photographer reports on the odyssey of our time.

Photography at the Altar: A Conversation about Diversity in Athens

A Greek photographer’s account of religious communities in Athens reveals a new vision of multicultural Europe.

Images of Conviction: A Conversation with Diane Dufour and Xavier Barral

An award-winning exhibition catalogue examines the power of photography in representing crime, war, and acts of violence.

For a New World to Come

Curator Yasufumi Nakamori discusses his game-changing show of Japanese photography with Aperture magazine editor Michael Famighetti.

A Conversation with David Shields

David Shields’s War Is Beautiful critiques sixty-four photographs of war that ran on the front page of the Times between 1997 and 2013.

Hiroji Kubota Photographer

Here, in an excerpt from the book, Aperture Foundation’s executive director Chris Boot speaks with Kubota about his beginnings as a photographer.

Exhibition: Paul Graham on The Whiteness of the Whale at Pier 24 Photography

San Francisco’s Pier 24 Photography recently opened Paul Graham’s exhibition The Whiteness of the Whale, the venue’s first-ever presentation of a single artist.

The Dark Landscapes of Don McCullin

From the Summer 2009 issue of Aperture magazine, Don McCullin speaks about his experience documenting war and conflict with Fred Ritchin.

An Archival Interview with Richard Misrach

The following conversation between Aperture Foundation editor-in-chief, Melissa Harris, and Richard Misrach was recorded at his California studio in March 1992.

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