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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.
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Hartford, 1978

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 Releases “Counter Histories,” Produced with Magnum Foundation Spring Issue Presents Photographers Who Uncover Personal and Political Histories (New York—March 6, 2024) What creative possibilities are offered by the gaps, absences, and silences in historical records? This spring, Aperture magazine presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their…