Aperture #223

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What If Black Lives Truly Mattered?

In September 1963, six children were killed in racially motivated violence in Alabama. Fifty years later, Dawoud Bey pays tribute to a community’s resilience.

Vision & Justice Online: Sheila Pree Bright in Conversation with Naima J. Keith

A photographer connects leaders of the civil rights movement to the young activists working today.

Black Lives, Silver Screen: Ava DuVernay and Bradford Young in Conversation

As a preview of the upcoming Summer issue, two groundbreaking filmmakers speak about diversity and inclusion in Hollywood–now a national conversation.

Vision & Justice: Guest Editor’s Note

No matter the topic—beauty, family, politics, power—the quest for a legacy of photographic representation of African Americans has been about vision and justice.

Love Visual: A Conversation with Haile Gerima

As a preview of the upcoming Summer issue, Sarah Lewis and Dagmawi Woubshet speak with a visionary filmmaker who explores African and African American narratives.

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Aperture 254

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…