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Barney Kulok – Building: Louis I. Kahn at Roosevelt Island

In this video, photographer Barney Kulok offers a look at the process of building his latest monograph.

Christine Burrill – Uprising Los Angeles Exhibition Opening

The LA photographer opens a show of large-scale color photo collages and black & white images.

Aperture Remix Exhibition Opening at Aperture Gallery

A new photography exhibition at Aperture Gallery opens Wednesday, October 17.

William Klein + Daido Moriyama – Exhibition and Book Signing

Looking at the relationship between the work of two influential street photographers.

Mark Lyon's Landscapes for the People Limited Edition Print

The New York Times Lens blog features Lyon’s bucolic wallpaper scenes.

Sally Mann's At Twelve in Madrid

An exhibition of 35 black and white portraits by Sally Mann at La Fábrica Gallery.

The Portrait in Contemporary Photography at the Guggenheim

An upcoming lecture on the place of portraiture in contemporary photography.

Richard Misrach and Kate Orff Discuss Petrochemical America

Melissa Harris talks with Richard Misrach and Kate Orff about the process of depicting and unpacking the complex ecologies featured in Petrochemical America.

In Performance

Vicki Goldberg reviews two exhibitions at the Addison Gallery in Andover, Massachusetts.

Sally Mann Upon Reflection Self-Portraits Exhibition

An exhibition of new photographic self-portraits by Sally Mann.

Simon Njami – Q&A

An interview with Paris-based independent lecturer, curator, and art critic Simon Njami.

Snap!: Contemporary Street Photography

The Museum of the City of New York hosts a panel with Bruce Gilden, Richard Bram, Sylvia Plachy, and Richard Sandler.

Shifting Sands: Conflict Photojournalism and Ethics

A panel at the Aperture Gallery, moderated by Stephen Mayes, discussing the ethical dimensions of conflict photojournalism.

Ten Exciting Photography Shows in NYC

The fall season descends on New York with exciting new exhibitions.

After Photoshop and Faking it Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A look at the history of manipulated photography.

Barney Kulok – Building

In this video, Barney Kulok offers a look at the process of building his latest monograph.

Barney Kulok – On Press

These on-press images just landed in Aperture’s inboxes, sent by Barney Kulok himself.

Lesley A. Martin – Aperture Essentials

Aperture’s publisher of books recommends a New York gallery stop, an exceptional DIY title, and one book she’s currently reading.
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Aperture Magazine No. 261, “The Craft Issue” Cover
Aperture Magazine

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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