An expansive archive illustrates the role of women in shaping over a century of the country’s political and public life.
The artist, who died in 2021, played a crucial role in establishing downtown Manhattan as both a scene and a style.
From photographs to record covers, Ghana’s archives have become invaluable resources for understanding the nation’s past.
Syjuco’s rigorous photographs show how interrogating institutional collections can be a potent tool in decolonizing American history.
For decades, the artist Ken Gonzales-Day has collected photographs that represent a century of dramatic change for Mexican Americans.
Ashley James’s group show “Off the Record” exemplifies how curators with strong vision might reform institutions from within.
In the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite’s fashion photographs sent a riveting message about Black culture and freedom.
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?
A British photographer’s fashion-forward family pictures.
In what ways is the photobook a useful framing device for archival projects?
Portraying the working class, Killip imbues his subjects and scenes with a sense of urgency, mystery, and radiance.
On the occasion of the launch of the Aperture Digital Archive appears this excerpt an interview with Michael E. Hoffmann from Aperture Issue 129.
The Aperture Digital Archive includes every issue of Aperture magazine since 1952, including rare, early editions.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
