Antwaun Sargent

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Remembering the Life and Work of Kwame Brathwaite

Ekow Eshun, Tanisha C. Ford, Tyler Mitchell, and Antwaun Sargent on the visionary photographer whose images and activism helped popularize the slogan “Black Is Beautiful.”

10 Essential Stories That Illuminate Queer Lives

From JEB’s pathbreaking archive of lesbian photography to Ren Hang’s subversive fantasies, we look back at must-read articles from Aperture’s archive.
Flo Ngala, Untitled, Brooklyn Bridge, NY, 2020

How a Collective of Photographers Aims to Affirm Black Life

During the racial justice protests of 2020, See In Black presented visions of Black America through their own lived experiences—and raised critical funds for homelessness, youth, queer, and political organizations.

A Photographic Archive’s Extraordinary Portrait of Black Femininity

Theaster Gates’s recent photobook expands the pioneering legacy of the Johnson Publishing Company, reactivating the archive as an essential document of American culture.
Shikeith, Prince, 2019

The Queer Black Artists Building Worlds of Desire

In these photographs, queer acts and communal yearning flourish beyond the confines of mainstream gay culture.

How Digital Platforms Celebrate Black Photographers and the African Diaspora

Campbell Addy and Jamal Nxedlana speak about building international audiences for Black art, culture, and fashion.

Aperture's 2019 Holiday Gift Guide

From iconic monographs by master photographers to groundbreaking, never-before-published work, we offer titles for everyone on your holiday list.

A Look Inside the Opening of The New Black Vanguard Exhibition

Last week, in partnership with Airbnb Magazine, Aperture celebrated the opening of the exhibition The New Black Vanguard curated by Antwaun Sargent.

Aperture Launches The New Black Vanguard with Antwaun Sargent at NeueHouse

Inside The New Black Vanguard book launch, cocktail, and conversation with Antwaun Sargent, Tyler Mitchell, and Jamal Nxedlana.

Three Artists Lend Fresh Perspectives to Burberry's Latest Collection

Working with Aperture and Antwaun Sargent, New Black Vanguard photographers created images celebrating Burberry’s Monogram puffer collection.
Mickalene Thomas, Untitled, Orlando, 2019

Orlando Now

Inspired by Virginia Woolf, Mickalene Thomas imagines a classic, gender-crossing heroine as a fashion muse for the twenty-first century.

Introducing: Luther Konadu

For the latest installment of “Introducing,” Aperture speaks with Luther Konadu, whose constructed photographs riff on the work of Carrie Mae Weems and Paul Mpagi Sepuya.

The Way We Live Now

How do photographs express a moment of rapid change in society, politics, beauty, and self-expression?

At Least They’ll See the Black

In two recent films, Kahlil Joseph and Arthur Jafa consider the poetics of African American life.

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Aperture Releases “Counter Histories,” Produced with Magnum Foundation Spring Issue Presents Photographers Who Uncover Personal and Political Histories (New York—March 6, 2024) What creative possibilities are offered by the gaps, absences, and silences in historical records? This spring, Aperture magazine presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their…