Beginning in the late 1930s, Van Leo made hundreds of dazzling and uncanny self-portraits. What does his archive tell us about the mysteries of identity?
Buck Ellison creates deliberately artificial depictions of wealth and aspiration, crafted with the precision of commercial shoots.
Are fashion photographers responsible for producing truthful images?
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
