Varun Nayar

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A Photographer Who Built a Career Through Listening

In Bangladesh, Sarker Protick combines the impulses of a photojournalist with the intuition of a musician, unpacking questions about photography’s relationship to time and memory.

In India, an Artist Revives the Legacy of a Small-Town Photo Studio

Abhishek Khedekar pays tribute to a photographer whose images permeated everyday life.
Phillip Pyle II, Forgotten Struggle #32, 2023

A Biennial in Houston Explores the Politics of Visibility

The latest edition of FotoFest features artists and collectives from around the world who consider the weight of history on the present.

A Feminist Memory Project in Nepal

An expansive archive illustrates the role of women in shaping over a century of the country’s political and public life.

Akshay Mahajan Searches for Mumbai’s Past Lives

In his portraits, street photographs, and still lifes, Mahajan envisions Mumbai through the eyes of a sculptor who walks the city in search of a muse.

2022 Aperture Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Allie Tsubota

Drawing upon the history of the Pacific War and Japanese American internment in the US, Tsubota explores how memory is intimately connected to images.

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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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