Aperture 217: Lit

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A Literary Publisher’s Bold and Original Photographic Covers

New Directions covers from the mid-twentieth century are easy to spot but difficult to describe, often using pictures to describe words rather than the other way around.

Hervé Guibert’s Passionately Restrained Photographs

Wildly prolific, the late French writer was driven, compulsive, and rarely satisfied—and his own little-known photographs remain as elusive as ever.

Rescripted After a conversation between Moyra Davey and Matthew S. Witkovsky

Moyra Davey speaks about her practice of interlacing photography with literature.
Tamara Shopsin & Jason Fulford, Photo-illustration (after Kenneth Josephson), 2014

Geoff Dyer and Janet Malcolm on Photography and Writing

Two critics speak about how good writing on images begins with an urge to “keep looking.”

Aperture Magazine Live at the National Arts Club: the Lit Issue

Aperture magazine hosted a night of photography and literature at the National Arts Club.

Walker Evans & the Written Word by David Campany

David Campany on the writers that informed the work of Walker Evans.

Words vs. Images

Contemporary fiction writers speak on the role of photography and the image in their writing process.

Aperture #217 – Editors' Note

Editors’ Note from the Winter 2014 issue of Aperture magazine, #217, “Lit.”

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