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How Photography Influenced Duro Olowu’s Life in Fashion

From album covers to Yves Saint Laurent, the London-based designer’s curiosity is limitless—and his deep knowledge of photography has informed his way of seeing the world.

For Bertien van Manen, Photography Was All About the Heart

In her unvarnished portraits of strangers and family, the late photographer extolled the beauty and mysteries of everyday life.
Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez, Untitled (Piso de Isaac), 2021

A Photographer’s “Spiritual Collaboration” with a Mysterious Mexican Archive

When Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez discovered a trove of pictures of a young man inventing himself, he found a way to speak about desire and beauty.

Paolo Gasparini on How Photographs Can Help Us Learn to See

Gasparini spent his life documenting cities and people from Havana to Caracas. In a 2015 interview, he spoke about what it means to identify as a Latin American photographer.

An Unexpected Pairing of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron

An exhibition shows how both photographers were engaged with classical figuration—and offers an occasion to revel in prints made centuries apart.

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Aperture No. 256

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.

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Aperture No. 255

From fashion to architecture to the printed page, and beyond, this issue, introducing Aperture’s new look, considers how photography and design frame our daily lives. Customers will receive one of three unique covers, chosen at random, featuring an image by David Hartt, Luigi Ghirri, or Dayanita Singh.

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Aperture 254

This spring, Aperture presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their ongoing Counter Histories grant initiative, featuring artists from around the world who tell new stories about how the past informs the present.

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Aperture 253

Aperture’s “Desire” issue—featuring an exclusive interview with Juergen Teller on the occasion of his major retrospective in Paris—presents a wide-ranging look at how photographs are expressions and conduits of our wants, needs, and wishes.

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Aperture 252

Guest edited by Lyle Ashton Harris and Nii Obodai, “Accra” considers the Ghanaian capital’s dynamic photographic voices.

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Aperture 251

Guest edited by Stephanie Hueon Tung, “Being & Becoming,” considers how artists grapple with visibility in the US.

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Aperture 250

“We Make Pictures in Order to Live” explores the relationship between photography and storytelling across generations and geographies. Featuring visual stories that illuminate daily life, this issue evokes the late, celebrated writer Joan Didion, who declared, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”

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Aperture 249

From fashion to film, the artists in “Reference” borrow from source material to create transformative images and stories.

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Aperture 248

“The 70th Anniversary Issue” features leading photographers and award-winning writers reflecting on Aperture’s legacy.

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Aperture 247

Guest edited by Alec Soth, “Sleepwalking” explores photography’s relationship to dreams, wakefulness, and chance.

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