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Can You Hear Me?

Bouchra Khalili wants to make a platform for migrant and minority voices—but when do images become theater?

The Threat of Being Seen

In her latest series, Alex Prager conjures the drama of Golden Age Hollywood.

At Least They’ll See the Black

In two recent films, Kahlil Joseph and Arthur Jafa consider the poetics of African American life.

Hidden Mothers

Through uncanny vintage photographs, Laura Larson tells a story of love and attachment.

What's In An Image?

Sharing, surveillance, and data are changing the way we look and see.

Man Ray as You Don't Know Him

Rediscovering the surrealist artist’s “Unconcerned Photographs.”

Southern Futures

Mark Steinmetz’s project on the Atlanta Airport portrays the American South in all its complexity and contradiction.

The Photographer’s Hand in a Digital World

An exhibition at the Getty deconstructs an identity crisis in contemporary photography.

Truth and Reconciliation

What does it mean to confront the history of racial violence in the United States? In a wide-ranging conversation, Bryan Stevenson and Sarah Lewis discuss images, power, and justice.

India Takes Houston

From colonial legacies to gender politics, FotoFest tackles photography from the country and its diaspora.

If Photographs Could Talk

How has an experimental platform for photographers created a new form of image making?

The Myth of Brazil's Racial Democracy

In a new exhibition, Jonathas de Andrade confronts his country’s complicated past and present.

In Marrakech, African Photography on Its Own Terms

A new museum in Morocco becomes a destination for contemporary art.

A Startling Discovery at San Quentin

Ear Hustle podcast creator Nigel Poor uncovers a trove of photographs at California’s most infamous prison.

America on the Brink

Zoe Leonard’s retrospective investigates the politics of image making.

Bruce Jackson: On the Inside

When a folklorist set out to document life in American prisons, he found the enduring segregation of the Old South.

Being and Belonging at MoMA

Behind the scenes of the museum’s latest showcase for new photography.

What New York Photo Editors Want to See

The curators of the 2018 Aperture Summer Open discuss what inspires them in photography today.
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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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