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Caio Reisewitz by Christopher Phillips

Christopher Phillips on the work of Caio Reisewitz, from Aperture magazine #215, Summer 2014.

Toward A New Documentary Expression

From “Documentary, Expanded”, Stephen Mayes reflects on documentary photography’s radically shifting terrain.

Watching the World

From “Documentary, Expanded”, Lev Manovich discusses the emerging field of social-media visualization.

Basetrack: Conversation with Teru Kuwayama

For “Documentary, Expanded”, Teru Kuwayama discusses Basetrack, Afghanistan, and the advantages of social media reporting.

Photography, Expanded: Conversation with Chris Boot

Susan Meiselas discusses how documentary photographers can respond to a transformed media environment.

Year in Review: Top Articles of 2013

From interviews with leading photographers and designers, to essays from Aperture magazine, here’s what you loved reading in 2013.

Artist Talk: Lisa Oppenheim (Video)

Artist Lisa Oppenheim speaks about her recent projects involving photographic prints exposed using non-traditional light sources.

Chris Boot on Paul Trevor

From Aperture magazine #213, Chris Boot discusses the work of artist Paul Trevor.

Ricardo Rangel: Introduction by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen

From Aperture magazine #213, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen discusses the work of Mozambican photojournalist Ricardo Rangel.

View from a Judgment Seat

Philip Gefter speaks with Museum of Modern Art’s new chief curator of photography, Quentin Bajac.

The Conjurer: In the Archive with Timothy Prus

Brian Dillon considers the diverse, eccentric collection of photography at London’s Archive of Modern Conflict.

With Saul Leiter in the East Village

In memory of painter and photographer Saul Leiter, Aperture republishes Eric Banks’s article about his visit with Leiter in his East Village studio.

Aperture #213—Editors' Note

Editors’ note from the Winter 2013 issue of Aperture magazine, “Photography As You Don’t Know It.”

Aperture Matters: Christopher Kurtz

Sculptor Christopher Kurtz reflects on the early influence of Aperture magazine on his life and career.

Robert Cumming in Conversation with Sarah Bay Williams (Video)

Robert Cumming speaks with Sarah Bay Williams on the subject of humor, absurdity, and perpetual play in his 1970’s photography.

What Do You See?

Melissa Harris speaks with artist Sophie Calle about her most recent projects Last Seen, and What Do You See?

Harold E. Edgerton—"Doc" Edgerton and His Laboratory Notebooks

Jimena Canales discusses “Doc” Edgerton’s notebooks, in which he explored high-speed photography and strobe technologies.

Sneak Peek: Aperture Magazine's Fall Issue

An on-press look at the Fall 2013 issue of Aperture.
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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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