When a folklorist set out to document life in American prisons, he found the enduring segregation of the Old South.
Behind the scenes of the museum’s latest showcase for new photography.
The curators of the 2018 Aperture Summer Open discuss what inspires them in photography today.
At the Museum of Sex, a new look at the prolific—and provocative—Japanese photographer.
Eugene Richards’s new film shares stories of overlooked citizens.
From Accra to Harlem, photographs that expand the field of representation.
In her first retrospective, Lola Flash celebrates queer legacies through vibrant portraiture.
A group exhibition in Paris navigates documentary strategies in a directionless world.
The sculptor’s rarely seen photographic series reveals the power of memory.
Tobias Zielony captures the colors and moods of Ukraine’s queer nightlife.
A comprehensive exhibition celebrates the photographer’s unique approach to storytelling.
Photographer Edmund Clark and historian Crofton Black trace a network of black-site prisons.
How the American photographer fell in love with photography.
With uncompromising directness, Margaret Courtney-Clarke photographs the lives and landscapes of Namibia.
How do photographs tell the story of citizenship in the United States?
From the underground art star, a delicate picture of youth.
Tina Barney zooms out in a new series of landscapes.
Katie Couric interviews the lauded photojournalist about her adventures abroad and her challenges at home.
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.
