Aperture 240: Native America

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Duane Linklater Redraws the Recent History of Indigenous Representation

Ruminating on a 1995 issue of “Aperture,” Linklater began to draw, write, fold, and scan, making a new project about the ways we see each other in images.
Dannielle Bowman, Faces, 2019

Dannielle Bowman Finds History in the Shadows

Winner of the 2020 Aperture Portfolio Prize, the photographer portrays the inner lives of Black Americans.

Why Do These German Citizens Dress up as Native Americans?

When the Indigenous artist Krista Belle Stewart discovered a community of Germans reenacting “Indian” traditions, she felt an uncanny sense of wonder, humor, and indignation.
Hank Willis Thomas, You Don’t Have to Try So Hard, 2015

Two Photobooks Consider the Pervasive Fantasies of Whiteness

Working with archival imagery or deftly staged portraits, an array of artists lay bare the sinister underpinnings of white respectability.
Rebecca Belmore, keeper, 2018

In Performances and Photography, Rebecca Belmore Faces the Monumental

Reflecting on the lives of First Nations women in Canada, the artist speaks about endurance, grace, and how the pandemic offers a chance for change.

How Indigenous Filmmakers Are Shaping the Future of Cinema

As actors, directors, and communities tell their own stories on-screen, they produce new narratives—and an Indigenous gaze.

For Alan Michelson, History Is Always Present

The influential artist’s videos and site-specific works excavate colonial histories in North America.

Searching for an Indigenous Fashion Star, Martine Gutierrez Casts Herself

With her self-made magazine, the Latinx artist challenges notions of gender and cultural identity.

Kimowan Metchewais’s Search for Visual Sovereignty

The late Cree artist made evocative Polaroids and mixed-media sculptures that consider the Indigenous connection to home and language.

How Can Native Artists Challenge the Story of North America Today?

Announcing Aperture magazine’s fall 2020 issue and programing around Native artists.

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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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