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Joel Meyerowitz, Roseville Cottages, 1976

A Sweeping Reconsideration of Photography and Land Use in America

In an eloquent new photobook, Sandra S. Phillips looks at the intertwined histories of colonialism and the built environment across the United States.

Three Women Photographers Reclaim the American Landscape

Susan Lipper, Kristine Potter, and Justine Kurland deconstruct the mythology of the Wild West.

American Prospects

Tina Barney zooms out in a new series of landscapes.

Raised on the Road: Justine Kurland in Conversation with Her Son, Casper

After years traversing the U.S. together in a van, the photographer and her son sit down for a candid interview.

Schuyler Duffy on Terry Evans

Schuyler Duffy reviews Terry Evans’s exhibition The Inhabited Prairie, now on view in New York.

Tim Davis – The Neighborhood Ketchup Ad

From Aperture 209: Tim Davis considers the photographic history of American housing.

Alec Soth on Influence, Summer Nights, and Allen Ginsberg

Soth speaks with Aperture Remix curator Lesley A. Martin about infuences on his work.

Audio: Doug Rickard Artist Talk

The Google Street View photographer speaks on his reinterpretation of American street photography.

Richard Misrach and Kate Orff Discuss Petrochemical America

Melissa Harris talks with Richard Misrach and Kate Orff about the process of depicting and unpacking the complex ecologies featured in Petrochemical America.

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Aperture 254

This spring, Aperture presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their ongoing Counter Histories grant initiative, featuring artists from around the world who tell new stories about how the past informs the present.