Hiroshi Sugimoto Is Playing the Long Game
As guest editor of Aperture’s fall issue, Sugimoto traces his obsessions—from the nature of seeing to humanity’s quest for immortality.
Read MoreIn France, an Exhibition Focuses on the Power of Truth
Rather than simply documenting reality, photographers at this summer’s Arles Festival negotiate memory and challenge dominant narratives.
Read MoreHow Catherine Opie Learned the Art of Teaching Photography
Students often imagine that a career in art can be sustained by inspiration alone. But endurance, structure, and collaboration are equally essential.
Read MoreAn Odyssey Across the Japanese Archipelago
For ten years, Ishikawa Naoki traveled among the country’s numerous islands, documenting scenes of everyday life and ceremonial traditions found on the margins.
Read MoreThe Untold Story Behind Larry Clark’s “Tulsa”
Clark’s legendary photobook may seem like a timeless portrait of youth and addiction, but its images emerged from failed policies that still haunt Tulsa today.
Read MoreHow Three Friends Turned Photography into a Way of Life
In the 1970s, Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan wrested photography into a deeply personal medium, using the camera to explore emotion and the possibility of transcendence.
Read MoreA People’s History of Puerto Rico
Ricardo Alcaraz has spent five decades documenting the island’s movements for labor rights, land, and independence.
Read MoreSearching for Truth on the Set of “The X-Files”
In the early 2000s, John Divola photographed the soundstages of the classic sci-fi show, revealing a world suspended between illusion and apparatus.
Read MoreA New Space for Photography Explores Who Gets to Be an American
With its first permanent exhibition center, Cincinnati’s FotoFocus cements its standing at the forefront of lens-based art.
Read MoreThe Summer Belongs to Joel Meyerowitz
With his newly reissued Cape Light, Meyerowitz helped establish color photography as fine art, imbuing small-town life with luminous beauty.
Read More25 Photobooks That Define America
From classics to contemporary standouts, these volumes illuminate the paradoxes and possibilities of life in the United States.
Read MoreHow Schiaparelli Reimagined the Fashion Photograph
Beyond her innovations in Surrealist dress, Elsa Schiaparelli was perhaps the first designer to fully grasp how the camera could extend and refine the visual language of couture.
Read MoreA Whimsical Time Capsule of Everyday China
The thousands of amateur photographs in the Beijing Silvermine archive trace daily life in China before the ascendance of social media.
Read MoreZig Jackson Won’t Let Native America Be Forgotten
The photographer and educator has spent his career asserting Indigenous presence in the American landscape.
Read MoreIn Mexico City, Two Exhibitions Blend Offbeat Humor and Sly Sensuality
Claudio Mansour and Enrique Garcia’s recent photography-based shows dramatized the endurance of sex and exhaustion, exercise and caffeine.
Read MoreSzilveszter Makó Wants to Be in Control
With his distinct theatricality and closely guarded process, the photographer conjures his own private world. It’s become a public obsession.
Read MoreIshiuchi Miyako Manifests the Invisible
For more than half a century, the legendary Japanese photographer has explored how time etches its mark on everyday objects and surfaces.
Read More9 Exhibitions to See This Summer
From high fashion to high-speed photography—and everything in between—here are the season’s must-see shows.
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