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Announcing the 2020 Aperture Summer Open Artists

At a moment when ideas about truth have been disrupted, these artists consider how photography portrays our experiences of technology, politics, and the social landscape.

Why Farah Al Qasimi Has Her Eye on You

The photographer and cocurator of the 2020 Aperture Summer Open speaks about glamorous bodegas, New York maximalism, and why art is essential—even during a crisis.

Delirious Cities: The 2019 Aperture Summer Open

Meet the twenty-three artists asking how photographs can define the diversity of urban experience today.

3 Photo Editors On Why You Should Enter the Aperture Summer Open

Essential advice on submitting to Aperture’s annual open-call exhibition.

What New York Photo Editors Want to See

The curators of the 2018 Aperture Summer Open discuss what inspires them in photography today.

2017 Aperture Summer Open: A Conversation With Eric Gottesman from For Freedoms

Aperture recently spoke with Eric Gottesman about photographic liberation.

In Experimental Photography, Is There Ever a Decisive Moment?

Sixteen boundary-pushing photographers included in the 2016 Aperture Summer Open curated by Charlotte Cotton weigh in on their practice.

2016 Aperture Summer Open: A Conversation with Charlotte Cotton

The curator of Aperture’s Summer Open speaks about the relationship between photography and magic.

Recap: 2015 Aperture Summer Open Opening Reception

A recap of the Aperture Summer Open opening reception on July 16th, 2015 at Aperture gallery.

A Q&A on the 2015 Aperture Summer Open

Aperture magazine editor Michael Famighetti on his choice of this year’s Summer Open theme and his selection process.

#FF: 13 Aperture Summer Open Photographers on Instagram

From the wide group of photographers featured in the exhibition, we’ve chosen a few Instagram accounts worth following.

Recap: 2014 Aperture Summer Open Opening Reception

A recap of the Aperture Summer Open opening reception on July 17th, 2014 at Aperture gallery.

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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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