“I wanted to discover, through the use of images and objects, a way to translate my original experience of these European sites.”
The second annual awards will be launch in May 2013. Stay tuned!
Tampering with photographs is common practice for artists today; this exhibition demonstrated that the strategy is even more relevant for Middle Eastern photographers.
These Cold War objects exerted major influence on the culture of their day. It’s not just coincidence that they happen to look like art.
You may have to develop your own technology for your images. I’m not much interested in “straight” photography anymore.
The moment when still cameras began to include decent video options not only democratized filmmaking, but also marks the history of still images.
Bill Armstrong discusses his work Mandala #450 within the context his Infinity series of abstract, blurred images.
Joel Meyerowitz reads from “The Gravity of Time,” a personal essay from Paul Strand: The Garden at Orgeval, published by Aperture.
Excerpt from an event held at Aperture Gallery on March 18, 2013.
Hank Willis Thomas discusses his series Branded (2011) and Unbranded (2008).
Willie Doherty’s latest body of work focuses on the sense of alienation to be found in Zurich’s peripheral spaces. Martin Jaeggi assesses the photographs and video.
The next issue, guest edited by Charlotte Cotton, will be launched this spring in Los Angeles, New York, and Milan.
Luigi Ghirri’s short written exposé on his sources for inspiration. This essay was included in Aperture’s 2008 volume It’s Beautiful Here, Isn’t It.
Prajna Desai reviews A Village in Bengal, an exhibition of Chirodeep Chaudhuri’s photographs at Project 88, Mumbai.
Photographer Bill Armstrong speaks with Aperture about his Infinity series, and his latest exhibition in New York.
Designer Rob Giampietro assesses the legacy of ECM Records, which was recently surveyed in an exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, and its related catalog.
Curator Christopher Y. Lew discusses our changing relationship to technology and to the Internet.
Melissa Harris spoke with Daniel Vasella, then of Novartis AG, to understand both his passion and his criteria for commissioning photography.
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.
