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Richard Meyer On the Term "Queer"

Vince Aletti, Richard Meyer, and Catherine Opie reflect on the term queer and its relationship with photography

Queer Aperture #218 – Editors' Note

Why an issue on queer photography? The editors on our Spring 2015 issue, exploring queer perspectives on photography.

Rescripted After a conversation between Moyra Davey and Matthew S. Witkovsky

Moyra Davey speaks about her practice of interlacing photography with literature.
Tamara Shopsin & Jason Fulford, Photo-illustration (after Kenneth Josephson), 2014

Geoff Dyer and Janet Malcolm on Photography and Writing

Two critics speak about how good writing on images begins with an urge to “keep looking.”

Aperture Magazine Live at the National Arts Club: the Lit Issue

Aperture magazine hosted a night of photography and literature at the National Arts Club.

Erica Baum: Wordplay

Nat Trotman on Erica Baum, whose work investigates the tradition of print and the objectification of language.

Fashion Film & the Photographic by Marketa Uhlirova

Marketa Uhlirova on fashion films that push the boundaries of photography.

The Icons by Inez & Vinoodh

Guest editors Inez & Vinoodh on some of fashion photography’s giants whose work has influenced theirs.

i-D, Jill, and The Face: Fashion's Maverick Magazines

Phil Bicker on the pioneering fashion magazines that have fostered the careers of many major photographers and stylists.

Emmanuelle Alt: Conversation with Penny Martin

Emmanuelle Alt, editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris speaks with Penny Martin for Aperture magazine #216, “Fashion.”

Remembering Charles Bowden, 1945–2014

Aperture’s Melissa Harris remembers the life of writer Charles Bowden and his immeasurable contributions to Aperture.

Aperture #216 – Editors' Note

From the Fall 2014 issue of Aperture Magazine, #216, “Fashion”, guest-editors Inez & Vinoodh.

The Lives of the Saints by Charles Bowden

A piece by Charles Bowden, originally published in Aperture magazine issue #205 on the beauty and dangers of primal appetites.

Light Writing in the Tropics: The Story of Hercule Florence

The story of Hercule Florence, who invented an early form of photography in Brazil while studying the Amazon’s birdsong.

Bárbara Wagner: The Maracatu by Agnaldo Farias

Agnaldo Farias on Bárbara Wagner, featured in Aperture magazine issue #215, “The São Paulo Issue”

Revisiting the Winogrand Archive: Philip Lorca diCorcia in Conversation with Leo Rubinfien

Leo Rubinfien and Philip Lorca diCorcia revisit the Garry Winogrand archive.

Aperture Magazine Live: "The São Paulo Issue" (Video)

Aperture magazine “The Sao Paulo Issue” contributors discuss Brazilian photography at Aperture gallery.

Groupshot by Ronaldo Entler

Ronaldo Entler maps a selection of some of the most important photography collectives working in the city of São Paulo for Aperture Magazine #215.

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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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