Jamien, 1982

To celebrate the publication of Coreen Simpson: A Monograph (2025), Aperture is pleased to present a new limited-edition print by the artist. This long-awaited volume is the second title in Aperture’s Vision & Justice Book Series—cocreated and coedited by Drs. Sarah Lewis, Leigh Raiford, and Deborah Willis—and offers the first comprehensive survey of Simpson’s luminous and wide-ranging work.

The print features the indelible photograph from the book’s cover, Jamien (1982), from the B-Boys series, perfectly exemplifying Simpson’s signature talent for portraying Black life with elegance, intimacy, and a rich sense of cultural history. Recently debuted at Paris Photo 2025, where Simpson participated in the Book Talks program, this edition is strictly limited to 20 prints plus 5 artist’s proofs—a rare opportunity to acquire a work by a celebrated artist at a milestone moment in her career: her first Aperture monograph.

Proceeds from the sale of this work directly support the artist and Aperture’s publishing, educational, and public programs.

Coreen Simpson
Jamien, 1982
Archival pigment print on Canson Platine paper
12 5/8 × 19 in.
Edition of 20 + 5 artist’s proofs
Signed and numbered by the artist

Coreen Simpson (born in New York, 1942) is a celebrated photographer and jewelry designer from Brooklyn, whose career has spanned more than five decades. Her work has been featured in Essence, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and Vogue, among other publications. Her photographs are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Bronx Museum; Le Musée de la Photographie, Belgium; and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, among others.