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Spotlight: Eli Durst

In Eritrea, a young photographer pursues a cinematic vision.

Here Comes the Sun

At the Columbus Museum of Art, photographers look to the light in the sky.

Our Bodies, Online

An emerging guard of young, female photographers carves out a new brand of feminism.

Notes on a Scandal

Lebanese photographer Rasha Kahil turns comments from online trolls into a powerful exhibition.

John Berger's Intimate Greatness

Geoff Dyer remembers the life of an acclaimed critic and author.

Laurie Simmons and Molly Ringwald are Playing with the Big Boys

The iconic actress and legendary photographer talk about cameras, color, and what it means to be a woman in the arts.

Renée Cox: A Taste of Power

Uri McMillan speaks with Renée Cox about icons and avatars of black style, from Angela Davis to Beyoncé.

Raised on the Road: Justine Kurland in Conversation with Her Son, Casper

After years traversing the U.S. together in a van, the photographer and her son sit down for a candid interview.

Matthew Brandt's Poison Pictures

In his new body of work, the experimental photographer uses Flint’s contaminated tap water to create daring abstractions with a political edge.

5 Highlights from the 2016 Addis Foto Fest

A preview of the international photography festival in Ethiopia.

William Christenberry, Poet of the Ordinary (1936–2016)

Aperture remembers the life of the Southern photographer, whose work evokes the power of passing time.

Elle Pérez’s Havens of Queer Liberation

On dance floors from the Bronx to Baltimore, the artist captures LGBT youth who refuse to be forgotten.

A Portrait of the Artist as Claude Cahun

Ahead of her new exhibition in London, Gillian Wearing speaks about Claude Cahun, self-portraiture, and feminist icons.

In California, Trees as Witness and Living Memorial

Elizabeth Huber reflects on Ken Gonzales-Day and the history of lynching in California.

The Lyrical South of Shane Lavalette

Echoing the languid melodies of the South, Shane Lavalette finds fragments of oral tradition in the visual world.
Mark Morrisroe, Baby Steffenelli (John S.), 1985

A Chance Encounter with Mark Morrisroe

After years in a Boston attic, Mark Morrisroe’s dreamy, unpolished early work is on display in a rare exhibition in New York.

Racial Innocence in Postwar America

Maia Silber reflects on photographer Gordon Parks, the infamous “doll tests” of the 1940s, and segregation.

The Cotton Bowl and the Super Bowl

Merging football with twentieth-century sharecropping, Hank Willis Thomas traces the commodification of black bodies.
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Aperture No. 258

Aperture presents “Photography & Painting,” featuring artists from around the world who draw inspiration from both mediums in their work, illuminating how the dialogue between camera and canvas continues to unfold today in fascinating, unexpected ways.

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