Across six decades, Shore has redefined photography—not by picturing life’s deep mysteries, but by capturing something true in the surfaces of the everyday.
Kimberly Juanita Brown reveals how the photographic enterprise is haunted by racial violence, finding new ways of looking at the dead and the living.
Tokuko Ushioda and Rinko Kawauchi make photographs to slow the passage of time, venerating the subtle textures of day-to-day living.
In their book “Body Language,” Nick Mauss and Angela Miller show how a group of artists shaped a network of queer image culture decades before Stonewall.
An exhibition shows how both photographers were engaged with classical figuration—and offers an occasion to revel in prints made centuries apart.
The latest edition of FotoFest features artists and collectives from around the world who consider the weight of history on the present.
An exhibition in England asks how a generation of blue-collar British photographers have responded to the rising tide of neoliberalism.
Through her playful and provocative collaborations with strangers, July consistently asks what we want from power, technology, and love.
Inspired by 2000s-era teen-girl magazines, Elizabeth Renstrom uses a mix of real and AI-generated imagery to consider the ongoing effects of media on young women.
Can photography be a form of play? The recent Foto/Industria Biennale shows how improvisation and mugging for the camera are as old as the medium.
The artist, who died in 2021, played a crucial role in establishing downtown Manhattan as both a scene and a style.
An exhibition pairing the celebrated photographer with the renowned ceramicist highlights their shared fascination with objects and images.
A retrospective in London showcases the brilliance and breadth of the photographer’s sensitive portraiture.
In his videos and multimedia works about Vietnam, Tuan Andrew Nguyen shows how large-scale events reverberate through interpersonal stories.
In the exhibition “I See You,” the photographer’s work is a study of self-presentation, showing how the camera can be an interlocutor.
An exhibition in London of the artist and suffragette’s vibrant work uncovers a pioneer of photography.
An exhibition at the International Center of Photography offers an expansive take on how images can be used to create, sustain, and destroy intimacy.
An exhibition in Switzerland explores the intersection between photobook publishing and art forms that combine text and image.
To celebrate the magazine’s new look, Aperture is pleased to offer a special set of all three unique covers of “The Design Issue,” featuring images by David Hartt, Luigi Ghirri, and Dayanita Singh. Limited quantities available.