Aperture 233: Family

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How Should a Mother Be?

Charlie Engman’s portraits of his mother are an intimate—and provocative—exchange of mind, body, and spirit.

Picturing the American Family, from Frederick Douglass to Jamel Shabazz

In this conversation, Rhea L. Combs and Deborah Willis speak to the power of photographs to envision love and connection for Black American families.

Father Figure

Masahisa Fukase transformed the ritual of the family portrait into a source of play—and a memento mori.

The Hard Truths of Family Life

In Florida, Kathryn Harrison photographs her mother and brother with fearless intensity.

A Japanese Photographer’s Gleefully Chaotic Family Life

At home in Japan, Motoyuki Daifu captures his family with gleeful candor.

What Does It Mean to Navigate Queer Life in Hong Kong?

Meet the winner of the 2018 Aperture Portfolio Prize.

Aperture Remembers the Life of Hector Xtravaganza (1965–2018)

The grandfather of the legendary House of Xtravaganza was known as an artist, activist, and family man.

We Are Family

For the members of the legendary House of Xtravaganza, family is about love, identity, and protection.

Aperture's Best Photography Features of 2018

From the photographs that inspired Sofia Coppola’s films to Zanele Muholi’s visual activism, here are this year’s highlights in photography and ideas.

Black Balloon Archive

Liz Johnson Artur’s intimate workbooks honor communities across the African diaspora.

On the Cover: Aperture’s “Family” Issue

In relationships and communities, an expanding vision of what families can be.

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Aperture 254

This spring, Aperture presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their ongoing Counter Histories grant initiative, featuring artists from around the world who tell new stories about how the past informs the present.