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An Artist’s Book Grapples with the Consequences of the US Prison System

Sable Elyse Smith’s “Landscapes & Playgrounds” includes aerial photographs and handwritten letters, portraying the intimacy between an incarcerated father and a daughter.

Can Photographs Help Communicate the Experience of Incarceration?

Artist and educator Nigel Poor’s new book reveals an archive from San Quentin and a record of a prison photography workshop.

Marking Time

When a loved one is incarcerated, how do portrait studios keep families together?

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Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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