Sakir Khader’s Portraits of Palestinian Perseverance
Khader’s photographs of people in conflict zones across the Middle East document violence and grief alongside moments of tenderness and reprieve.
Read MoreWilliam Kentridge on the Excess of the Studio
For the celebrated artist, photographs have always been a reference.
Read MoreConsuelo Kanaga’s Restless Eye
A retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum introduces the photographer to a new generation—and reestablishes her place in the canon of modern American art.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreBruce Weber’s All-American Obsessions
Weber’s ad campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch and Calvin Klein made him one of the most prestigious names in photography—until he was accused by male models of unwanted advances. Will a recent exhibition reshape his legacy?
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist
Here are the shortlisted artists for Aperture’s annual award, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.
Read MoreA Photographer’s Scavenged Still Lifes
Leaving leftovers in her backyard, Lia Darjes creates a stage for a series of improvised tableaux.
Read MoreRemembering Nona Faustine’s Powerful Self-Portraits
Faustine’s photography was a love letter to New York—and a fierce assertion of Black presence in public spaces and collective history.
Read MoreHow Have Photographs Shaped Our Idea of Work?
An exhibition contends with the role of images, policy, and activism in forming our relationship to labor and the American Dream.
Read MoreSally Mann’s Photographs of Girls on the Cusp of Adulthood
Looking back at Mann’s book “At Twelve,” we see how much change lies ahead for each of the young women she pictured.
Read MoreA Portrait of Ming Smith as an Artist in the Making
Smith’s poetic and experimental images are icons of twentieth-century Black life. In an interview, she speaks about her life and career—and the transcendent power of photography.
Read MoreVija Celmins Isn’t Interested in Photography
For more than half a century, Celmins has produced absorbing paintings and drawings that are often inspired by—and mistaken for—photographs. Here, she speaks with Richard Learoyd about images, surfaces, and illusion.
Read MoreWhy Are So Many Contemporary Painters Remaking Famous Images?
A profusion of paintings derived from movie stills and online screenshots reveals a shared impulse to understand—and transform—images’ strange power over us.
Read MoreA Beautiful Friendship, Deepened by Artistic Intensity
After the novelist Garth Greenwell was assigned to write about Mark Armijo McKnight’s photographs, the two men bonded over their shared themes of queer sex and intimacy.
Read MoreA Biennial Carries the Weight of a World in Crisis
In the Emirates, the Sharjah Biennial convenes artists who speak about survival and solidarity at a time of dispossession.
Read More15 Inspiring Photobooks by Women Photographers
From the Japanese artists who transformed photography to Tina Barney’s large-scale portraits of the haute bourgeoisie, here are must-read titles this Women’s History Month.
Read MoreKunié Sugiura’s Genre-Blending Vision
Since the late 1960s, Sugiura has defied the expectations of the art world with hybrid, dreamlike forms that test the limits of photographic expression.
Read MoreHow Can Image-Makers Open Up AI’s Mysterious “Black Box”?
To mitigate the crushing sameness of AI imagery, two researchers are turning to photographs made during the Great Depression.
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