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Donavon Smallwood’s Photographs Envision Black Tranquility in Central Park

Winner of the 2021 Aperture Portfolio Prize, Smallwood was inspired by the history of Seneca Village, a nineteenth-century Black community in New York.

2021 Aperture Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: William Camargo

Photographing in Anaheim, California, William Camargo addresses issues of gentrification and the city’s history of systemic erasure of Chicanx and Latinx narratives.

2021 Aperture Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Chance DeVille

Working collaboratively with their mother, Chance DeVille creates a photographic examination of the long-lasting effects of domestic abuse and trauma.

2021 Aperture Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Jarod Lew

After a shocking family discovery, Jarod Lew examines the Asian American experience and the long history of survival and erasure in displacement.

2021 Aperture Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Anouchka Renaud-Eck

Anouchka Renaud-Eck’s vibrant photographs consider the traditions of Indian matchmaking through the lens of contemporary youth culture.

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Aperture Magazine No. 261, “The Craft Issue” Cover
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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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