Aperture Opens at 380 Columbus Avenue
The new home for photography, now open to the public as of September 18
Read MoreBehind the Scenes with the Architects of Aperture’s New Home
Stella Betts and David Leven of the architecture practice LEVENBETTS share details of the new space—from embracing the building’s history to coining “Aperture Gray.”
Read MoreThe Artist Who Spent Fifty Years Bringing Museum Dioramas Back to Life
Hiroshi Sugimoto has photographed the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History since 1975. Now his series is coming to a close. Did he find what he was looking for?
Read More14 Exhibitions to See This Fall
The season’s photography standouts traverse ’90s fashion, New York street life, and government intrigue.
Read MoreA Season of Public Programs at Aperture’s New Home
This fall, Aperture’s bookstore and gallery will host artist talks, panel discussions, and book celebrations with Gillian Laub, Elle Pérez, Stephen Shore, and Coreen Simpson.
Read MoreA Photographer Turns Up the Color in His Family Portraits
In Mexico and New York, Luis Manuel Diaz takes the drama and beauty of Catholic religious painting and applies it to everyday life.
Read MoreHiroshi 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.
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