Aperture No. 256: Arrhythmic Mythic Ra

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Deana Lawson Guest Edits Aperture Magazine’s Fall Issue

“Arrhythmic Mythic Ra” draws from artists past and present to explore the enigmatic nature of photography.

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Guest edited by Tanisha C. Ford, Liberated Threads explores style and fashion as a language of Black resistance, refusal, and joy. This issue features image-makers who remix and reimagine twentieth-century “soul style,” creating a contemporary dialogue between photographers, filmmakers, and stylists from around the world.

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