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A Feminist Memory Project in Nepal

An expansive archive illustrates the role of women in shaping over a century of the country’s political and public life.

The Creative Power of Barbara Ess

The artist, who died in 2021, played a crucial role in establishing downtown Manhattan as both a scene and a style.

How Archives Illuminate the History and Culture of Ghana

From photographs to record covers, Ghana’s archives have become invaluable resources for understanding the nation’s past.
Stephanie Syjuco, Still Life Construct, 2022

Stephanie Syjuco Confronts the Power of the Archive

Syjuco’s rigorous photographs show how interrogating institutional collections can be a potent tool in decolonizing American history.
Lily Wiley Vallejo and Louisa Vallejo with Emily Melvin, ca. 1870s

How Can Historical Photographs Preserve Latinx Culture?

For decades, the artist Ken Gonzales-Day has collected photographs that represent a century of dramatic change for Mexican Americans.
Leslie Hewitt, Riffs on Real Time (3 of 10), 2006–9

In a Bracing Exhibition at the Guggenheim, Artists Challenge the Way History Is Told

Ashley James’s group show “Off the Record” exemplifies how curators with strong vision might reform institutions from within.

Black Is Beautiful

In the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite’s fashion photographs sent a riveting message about Black culture and freedom.

Down and Out on the West Side Piers

Alvin Baltrop made an indelible record of gay life in New York before AIDS. But why is a queer, Black artist’s work only valuable after his death?

Looking Back at the New Romantics

A British photographer’s fashion-forward family pictures.

The PhotoBook and the Archive

In what ways is the photobook a useful framing device for archival projects?

Chris Killip’s Photographs Are Hard Evidence of the Human Soul

Portraying the working class, Killip imbues his subjects and scenes with a sense of urgency, mystery, and radiance.

A Look Back at Aperture Magazine’s Fortieth Anniversary

On the occasion of the launch of the Aperture Digital Archive appears this excerpt an interview with Michael E. Hoffmann from Aperture Issue 129.

A Look Inside the Aperture Digital Archive

The Aperture Digital Archive includes every issue of Aperture magazine since 1952, including rare, early editions.

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Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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