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Interview with Greg Allen

These Cold War objects exerted major influence on the culture of their day. It’s not just coincidence that they happen to look like art.

Thomas Ruff: Photograms for the New Age

You may have to develop your own technology for your images. I’m not much interested in “straight” photography anymore.

Interview with Owen Kydd

The moment when still cameras began to include decent video options not only democratized filmmaking, but also marks the history of still images.

The Edge of Vision Interview Series: Bill Armstrong

Bill Armstrong discusses his work Mandala #450 within the context his Infinity series of abstract, blurred images.

Interview with Bill Armstrong

Photographer Bill Armstrong speaks with Aperture about his Infinity series, and his latest exhibition in New York.

Photography at Novartis AG

Melissa Harris spoke with Daniel Vasella, then of Novartis AG, to understand both his passion and his criteria for commissioning photography.

On Process and Color

Aperture speaks with the curator and a participating artist in Color Shift, a show that explores and revisits modernism’s reductive approach to medium, material, and color.

Interview with Laura Letinsky

An interview with photographer Laura Letinsky, who has explored the expressive possibilities of still-life photography for fifteen years.

Okwui Enwezor on “Rise and Fall of Apartheid”

Aperture speaks with curator Okwui Enwezor about the exhibition “Rise and Fall of Apartheid” at International Center of Photography.

Five Most Popular Interviews of 2012

A look back at Aperture’s top five of 2012.

Zoe Crosher: Stage Manager

The Los Angeles–based photographer Zoe Crosher has had quite a big year. Carmen Winant spoke with the artist about her work.

Trisha Ziff Discusses 101 Tragedies of Enrique Metinides

An excerpt from Chris Boot’s conversation with 101 Tragedies editor Trisha Ziff.

Taryn Simon and Lisa Hostetler – In Conversation

Taryn Simon presents and discusses her work, including A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, I – XVIII.

Alec Soth on Influence, Summer Nights, and Allen Ginsberg

Soth speaks with Aperture Remix curator Lesley A. Martin about infuences on his work.

Brian Bress – Interventions

Artist Brian Bress speaks with Carmen Winant about his work.

Audio: Doug Rickard Artist Talk

The Google Street View photographer speaks on his reinterpretation of American street photography.

Britt Salvesen – Q&A

The curator Britt Salvesen speaks about her background and her new job at LACMA with Sabine Mirlesse.

Richard Misrach and Kate Orff Discuss Petrochemical America

Melissa Harris talks with Richard Misrach and Kate Orff about the process of depicting and unpacking the complex ecologies featured in Petrochemical America.
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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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