Aperture No. 257: Image Worlds to Come

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Inside the Bizarre Realm of AI Copyright Law

How Oscar Wilde, extraterrestrial spirits, and a macaque are shaping AI’s legal framework.

Is the Age of Oversized Photobooks Over?

Like diaries or zines, small-scale publications have both an intimacy and air of rebellion.
AI-generated illustrations created by Gregory Eddi Jones for Aperture

What Is Realism in the Age of AI?

Photographs have long been manipulated or altered, but the rise in generative models gives new meaning to the idea of a “real” image.

Is Documentary Photography at a Crossroads?

Fred Ritchin speaks about the risks and possibilities of AI in a moment defined by conflict, misinformation, and threats to democracy.

How Can Synthetic Images Render Blackness?

When the artist Minne Atairu began using AI to make glossy, Afrofuturist images, she discovered a dataset biased toward white women, unveiling the myth of the neutral algorithm.

Charlie Engman Transforms the Internet’s Murk into Art

Engman’s experiments with AI offer an indelible collection of “cursed images” inspired by a feeling of being nostalgic for the present.

Trevor Paglen on Artificial Intelligence, UFOs, and Mind Control

The pioneering artist was one of the first to reckon with AI. Now he’s happy the rest of the world is catching up.

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Stop Time, guest edited by Hiroshi Sugimoto: Aperture No. 264, Fall 2026
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Stop Time, guest edited by Hiroshi Sugimoto: Aperture No. 264, Fall 2026

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