Carrie Mae Weems Gets to the Heart of the Matter
The artist reflects on how ideas of history, identity, and power have always informed her acclaimed photography.
Read MoreA Sacred Forest with a Secret History
In Tamil Nadu, Gayatri Ganju photographed the Indigenous Kurumba people and listened to their stories—and was allowed to take one out into to the world.
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist
Here are the shortlisted artists for Aperture’s annual award, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.
Read MoreThe Remains of a Handmade Utopia
In the wooded enclaves of Northern California, Michael Schmelling documents what’s left of the 1960s back-to-the-land movement.
Read MoreHashem Shakeri’s Portrait of a Climate Hotspot in Iran
In the drylands of Balochistan, a photographer chronicles the art of everyday survival.
Read MoreThe World According to Guido Guidi
The Italian photographer and Renaissance man channels his training as an architect, painter, and draughtsman into quiet studies of European towns and landscapes.
Read MoreLemaire’s Designers on the Narrative Power of Clothes
The Paris-based duo talks about what inspires them, from August Sander to scooter riders in Hanoi.
Read MoreTakuma Nakahira’s Essential Writing on Photography
A new book of essays by a crucial figure of Japan’s Provoke movement shows how Nakahira relentlessly interrogated photography’s relationship to power.
Read MoreJack Pierson Revisits His Miami Moment
Forty years after a formative stay in South Beach, Pierson returns to Miami for an exhibition of his photographs and paintings—and recreates the bed he once slept in.
Read MoreThe Emotional Saturation of William Eggleston’s “Last Dyes”
In the 1970s, Eggleston’s pictures were called “perfectly banal.” Fifty years later, the intensity of color in his dye-transfer prints is rarified and precise.
Read MoreInside a Minneapolis Newspaper’s Coverage of the ICE Raids
By supporting local photographers and developing ethical guidelines, The Minnesota Star Tribune is setting a visual standard for reporting on ICE.
Read MoreA Witness to South Africa’s Postapartheid Landscape
From her suburban Cape Town studio, Jo Ractliffe reflects on a career spent documenting the aftermath of violence.
Read MoreIntroducing Jenn Hyland, Aperture’s New Director of Development
Editor in Chief Michael Famighetti speaks with the newly appointed development director Jenn Hyland on what inspires her work at Aperture.
Read MoreIn Greenland, an Extraordinary View of Everyday Encounters
Inuuteq Storch’s intimate photographs of village life near the Arctic Circle navigate the complexities of Inuit traditions and Danish colonial influence.
Read MoreA Sartorial Chronicle of Moroccan Youth Culture
Blending fashion and art, Sophia El Bahja’s photographs showcase the diversity of Morocco.
Read MoreHow a Xerox Became a Time Machine
By using a copier to reproduce other artists’ photographs, Aaron Stern raises questions about authorship, circulation, and the persistence of the printed image.
Read MoreMimi Plumb’s Prophetic Images of America on the Edge
Since the mid-1970s, Plumb has documented life in the US in a way that anticipates today’s social strife and environmental emergency.
Read MoreWhen Harry Styles Met Myriam Boulos
How did the pop star fall for the Beirut-based photographer’s sultry images?
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