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Unpacking Ed Ruscha

A new exhibition offers an inside look at the artist’s book-making practice.

Disobedient Domesticity

In suburban LA, Sophie Tianxin Chen produces scenes of the mundane and perverse.

Fashion Photography in the #MeToo Era

Are fashion photographers responsible for producing truthful images?

The Streets in Afterglow

Star Montana’s dreamy portraits capture the golden aura of East Los Angeles.

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.

Are We All Cyborgs?

From biohacking to vitamins, photographer Matthieu Gafsou’s latest series questions the relationship between human bodies and technology.

Energy Charts and Cosmic Light

Working between portraiture and documentary, Khalik Allah’s new book tracks Harlem by night.

Guadalupe Rosales’s Archive of Chicano Life in Los Angeles

Collecting images and posting them to Instagram, the artist creates space for an alternative history of youth culture.

A Range of Vision

Aperture’s free On Sight curriculum brings together students of different backgrounds in Los Angeles.

A Hidden History of Abortion

Laia Abril’s new book provides a harrowing record of women’s struggles to access family planning.

Koudelka's Prague, Fifty Years Later

When Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia’s capital in August 1968, Josef Koudelka was one of the first on the scene.

On the Cover: Aperture's "Los Angeles" Issue

Like any metropolis, LA is dynamic, changing, evolving, contested.

Demanding Justice for Shahidul Alam

In Bangladesh, the brutal arrest of a prominent photographer incites an international outcry.

The Tunnel is Made of Light

In a series of haunting Polaroids, Ryan Spencer draws upon neo-noir movies set in Los Angeles.

A Pioneer of Latinx Identity

Remembering Laura Aguilar’s unapologetically queer bodies.

The Camera as Portal

Shani Jamila, Larry Ossei-Mensah, and Teju Cole discuss travel, mobility, and the meaning of images.

Shirin Neshat’s Dreamlands

An artist and filmmaker contends with Iranian identity.

Photographs Do Not Stop Wars

The celebrated photojournalist James Nachtwey has covered global conflicts for four decades. But in his current retrospective, politics is an afterthought.
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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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