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Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez, Untitled (Piso de Isaac), 2021

A Photographer’s “Spiritual Collaboration” with a Mysterious Mexican Archive

When Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez discovered a trove of pictures of a young man inventing himself, he found a way to speak about desire and beauty.

Janna Ireland’s “Pauline” Is a Passport into a Past Life

When she inherited her grandmother’s photographs, Ireland discovered how image making is an act of self-preservation.

How Ghana Became a Homeland for the African Diaspora

From Maya Angelou to Todd Gray, writers and artists from around the world have returned to Ghana in the decades since the country’s independence. What were they looking for?

On Holiday

As spring begins we revisit the pages of vintage magazine Holiday, a luxury title launched in the 1950s known for its ambitious photographic spreads.

On Physique Magazine Photography

Alongside Aperture magazine #218, “Queer,” we look at this overlooked, often purposefully obscured, area of photographic history.

On The Nature of Photographs

The following excerpt comes from a conversation in Aperture magazine in 2007 (#186) between writer Luc Sante and Stephen Shore.

The Night Climbers of Cambridge

From Aperture #212: Ian Jeffrey on Thomas Mailender’s use of the 1930s-era photographs published as The Night Climbers of Cambridge.

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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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