aperture magazine issue #225

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Full Color Feminism

A former Riot Girrl, Becca Albee’s photography unpacks the politics of color.

Sex Wars Revisited

An early platform for lesbian photography, On Our Backs was instrumental in shaping a culture of desire.

After the Avant-Garde

How has feminist photography changed since the 1970s?

Work, Politics, Survival

Jo Spence rejected categorizing labels of her work and practice and preferred to wander.

Command the Gaze

A girl-powered social media movement becomes an interactive exhibition.

The Kids Aren't All Right

In a region where women are regarded as an economic burden, Gauri Gill photographs girls in acts of quiet daring.

Dispatches: Athens

A collective of artists reimagines contemporary Greece.

Our Bodies, Online

An emerging guard of young, female photographers carves out a new brand of feminism.

Notes on a Scandal

Lebanese photographer Rasha Kahil turns comments from online trolls into a powerful exhibition.

Laurie Simmons and Molly Ringwald are Playing with the Big Boys

The iconic actress and legendary photographer talk about cameras, color, and what it means to be a woman in the arts.

Renée Cox: A Taste of Power

Uri McMillan speaks with Renée Cox about icons and avatars of black style, from Angela Davis to Beyoncé.

The Radical Power of the Black Feminine Gaze

Carrie Mae Weems’s feminist vision has never been more timely.

A Portrait of the Artist as Claude Cahun

Ahead of her new exhibition in London, Gillian Wearing speaks about Claude Cahun, self-portraiture, and feminist icons.

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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.