Brian Sholis

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Margaret Bourke‑White, Flame Burner Ann Zarik, 1943

An Exhibition Revives the Legacy of “Life” Magazine

The newsmagazine’s iconic and influential photo-essays were a collective effort. For contemporary artists, they’re rich territory for the interrogation of print media.

How Have Photography Curators Responded to Demands for Diversity?

After the social uprisings of 2020, museums from New Orleans to Toronto consider how collections and exhibitions might reframe art history—and better represent a changed cultural landscape.

Walker Evans, Independence Day, Terra Alta, West Virginia, 1935

A New Look at Walker Evans

In her recent book, Svetlana Alpers explores the cultural figures that influenced Evans’s renowned photographs.

Do Blue-Chip Photographers Prop up Global Capitalism?

In his recent manifesto, Jörg Colberg takes aim at three prominent photographers for their “visual propaganda.”

Gregory Halpern’s Lyrical Chronicle of a Rust Belt City

In Buffalo, the photographer finds imaginative possibilities in the city’s postindustrial landscapes.

Bill Owens, My wife is a realtor, 1972

Why Janet Malcolm’s Photography Criticism Still Resonates

Forty years after the publication of her collected essays on photography, Malcolm’s writing offers the pleasure of seeing a great mind grapple with the medium.

Lucas Foglia on "Human-Altered Landscapes"

Lucas Foglia on photographing the transformation of the American west.

"Eyes on the Street": Street Photography in the 21st Century (Video)

A panel discussion on street photography in the 21st century, held at Aperture Gallery.

Year in Review: Top Articles of 2013

From interviews with leading photographers and designers, to essays from Aperture magazine, here’s what you loved reading in 2013.

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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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