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Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography, with prizes in three categories: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalogue of the Year. Each year, thirty-five shortlisted books are exhibited around the world, ensuring maximum…

Curated by Antwaun Sargent Photographs by Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel, Dana Scruggs, and Stephen Tayo The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion presents artists, whose vibrant portraits and conceptual images fuse…

Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography, with prizes in three categories: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalogue of the Year. Each year, the thirty-five shortlisted books are exhibited around the world,…

In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used photography to popularize the political slogan “Black Is Beautiful.” This exhibition—the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite’s remarkable career—tells the story of a key figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. Inspired by the writings of activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, Brathwaite, along with his…

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Photographs by Zackary Drucker, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Jamal Nxedlana, Elle Pérez, Walter Pfeiffer, Sally Potter, Viviane Sassen, Collier Schorr, Mickalene Thomas, and Carmen Winant “Orlando,” draws upon the themes of Virginia Woolf’s prescient 1928 novel Orlando, revolutionary in both form and spirit, to offer original images and writings that celebrate openness, curiosity, and…

The extraordinary experiences of ordinary people—their suffering and their unimaginable bravery—are the subject of Judy Glickman Lauder’s remarkable photographs. Beyond the Shadows responds to the Holocaust, while telling the uplifting story of how the citizens and leadership of Denmark defied the Third Reich. Lauder’s photos serve as contemplative spaces to reflect on the scope and horror of…

Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography, with prizes in three categories. The shortlist selection was made by Amanda Maddox, associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Joanna Milter, director of photography at…

Mark McKnight is a modern-day modernist. His black-and-white photographs of skin and sand, brick and tar, with their rich tones and sparkling light, are redolent of twentieth-century masterworks, those pictures by men like Edward Weston who cast the world in silver-gelatin. Weston once said the camera should be used for recording the “quintessence of the…

The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion Curated by Antwaun Sargent Photographs by Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel, Dana Scruggs, and Stephen Tayo. The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion presents fifteen…

Photographer Drew Nikonowicz led a two-day workshop for photographers curious about large-format photography. During the workshop, students used lenses donated by Foto Care and additional supplies courtesy of Standard Cameras—founded by Nikonowicz to create a resourceful platform for photographers interested in practicing analog photography through affordable equipment and educational content. Participants delved into a DIY…

Creative collaborators Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb led an intensive two-day workshop at Aperture called Finding Your Vision. The weekend workshop began with a public artist talk, where the Webbs spoke about their new book, Brooklyn: The City Within, and their emotional approaches when making selections of photographs from their past projects. The workshop…

I have known the Scottish islands of the Hebrides my whole life. For me, as for many others, theirs is a landscape infused with an atmosphere of unvarying, essential solidity and unparalleled spiritual comfort. When I think of the existential landscape of limitlessness that we are conjuring up in this exhibition at Aperture, inspired by…

Parsons BFA Photography Senior Thesis Exhibition, featuring work from the 2019 graduating class of Parsons the New School for Design. Featuring: Jess Augustyn, Che Baez, Maximilian Benner, Reagan Berry, Kierra Davvon Branker, Bo Chapli, Anne Zheng Chen, Moran Michelle Dankner, J.J. del Rosario, Luis M. Diaz, Vincent Donadeo, Rachel Erickson, Kayla Falcon, Gina Garcia, Sam…

LensCulture is proud to present Beyond Boundaries, an expansive exhibition of recent discoveries in contemporary photography. Curated in part by leading editors, curators, thought leaders, and artists, Beyond Boundaries is an inclusive group show that doubles as both a celebration and a survey of global image making today. With 101 participating photographers hailing from over…

Aperture Photographs follows the evolution of Aperture Foundation through a display of photographs from its print and fundraising programs, made over a period of fifty years. The limited-edition print program began in 1967 under Michael Hoffman, Minor White’s successor as director and publisher of Aperture. Working in collaboration with Paul Strand and Edward Steichen, Hoffman…

Now extended through January 19, 2019. Where do you feel most at home? In a year when thousands of migrant children have been sent to live in tent cities, rents for a San Francisco apartment average $3,750, and wildfires have destroyed entire communities, the question of how people define “home” has never felt more urgent. Some…

Curated by Nicole R. Fleetwood and Michael Famighetti Exhibited Artists: Nicole R. Fleetwood / Lucas Foglia / Bruce Jackson / Emily Kinni / Jesse Krimes / Jack Lueders-Booth / Deborah Luster / Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun / Zora Murff / Nigel Poor / Joseph Rodriguez / Jamel Shabazz / Sable Elyse Smith /…

Feast for the Eyes explores the rich history of food as a subject in photography. From basic sustenance to decadent feasts, food awakens the senses and touches both private and public life. Eating is one of the most mundane and profane acts, yet it is also central to our rituals, religions, and celebrations. Food reflects our…