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Tadáskía, Corda dourada com minha irmã Hellen Morais, 2020

A Brazilian Artist Finds Beauty in Hidden Revelations

Celebrated for her drawings and installations, Tadáskía’s photographs promote a new visual vocabulary about memory, property, and the Black family.

A Photographer Captures the Vitality of Life in Brazil

In her images of Salvador and its residents, Laryssa Machada engages with issues of race, territoriality, visibility, and memory.

The Struggle for Survival in the Amazon

Claudia Andujar has advocated for the Yanomami people throughout her career. In a major exhibition, her photographs coexist with Indigenous voices.

Gordon Parks, a Brazilian Child, and an Exposé that Shocked the World

Should an American publication have tried to “rescue” a boy from poverty?

The Myth of Brazil's Racial Democracy

In a new exhibition, Jonathas de Andrade confronts his country’s complicated past and present.

An Outsider in Rio

From Kurt Klagsbrunn, a midcentury vision of Brazil’s most photogenic city.

Light Writing in the Tropics: The Story of Hercule Florence

The story of Hercule Florence, who invented an early form of photography in Brazil while studying the Amazon’s birdsong.

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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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