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Heinkuhn Oh’s Vivacious Portrait of Seoul in the 1990s

In his black-and-white photographs, Oh creates a record of the denizens of Itaewon, a district known for glamorous outsiders of all kinds.

A Photographer Envisions the Lives and Dreams of Turkish Girls

Sabiha Çimen’s photobook “Hafiz” portrays the world of Turkey’s single-sex Koran schools, where girls are tough, disciplined, and playful.

Myriam Boulos’s Visceral Images of Lebanon at a Time of Revolution

In her photographs about youth, queerness, and protest, Boulos shows that desire is a form of power.

How a Japanese Card Game Inspired Will Matsuda’s Pictures of the Pacific Northwest

Recalling his family history, the Oregon-based photographer imagines the complexity—and possibility—of American landscapes.
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The Photographs That Help Us Celebrate When Nothing Feels Ordinary

How images of holidays and ceremonies become a form of honoring, grieving, or marking time.

How Jamie Hawkesworth Creates a Dreamscape of Everyday Encounters

In his newest work, the British photographer embarked on a worldwide journey, seeking connection in scenes from Detroit to Mongolia.

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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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