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The Radiant Intimacy of Jarod Lew’s Family Portraits

At home in suburban Detroit, the Chinese American photographer invokes the unstable fantasias of personal memory.

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Portrait of a Chinese woman with daguerreotype, ca. 1850

Why We Must See Asian Americans in US History

A daguerreotype of a woman from the 1850s speaks to contested ideas of place, identity, and belonging—and offers urgent lessons for today.

Tommy Kha Isn’t Kissing You Back

The Memphis-born photographer navigates performative intimacy, the legacy of the Mississippi Delta Chinese, and the pitfalls of visual language for queer Asian men.

Why Aren’t There Any Famous Asian American Photographers?

Three young photographers discuss the histories, struggles, and complexities of making photographs in America today.

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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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