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Why Are We Seeing So Many Photographs on Book Covers?

From Olivia Laing to Hanya Yanagihara, writers have used images in clever ways on their book jacket designs. What are they trying to tell readers?

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Aperture Magazine No. 261, “The Craft Issue” Cover
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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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