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Aperture Honors Dawoud Bey for 2023 Gala

The annual fundraising gala celebrated Aperture and paid tribute to photographer and Aperture trustee, Dawoud Bey.
Dawoud Bey, A Boy in Front of the Loew’s 125th Street Movie Theatre, Harlem, 1976

Dawoud Bey on the Photography World, Past and Present

Ahead of his career retrospective, the photographer speaks about the origins of his practice and navigating art spaces—including Aperture—as a young artist.

12 Photographers on How They Conceptualize Their Work

What comes first–the idea for a project, or the images themselves?

What If Black Lives Truly Mattered?

In September 1963, six children were killed in racially motivated violence in Alabama. Fifty years later, Dawoud Bey pays tribute to a community’s resilience.

LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Dawoud Bey (Video)

A discussion between LaToya Ruby Frazier and Dawoud Bey on The Notion of Family.

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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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