In the late 1960s, Parks chronicled the young activist organizing voters, speaking at rallies, and advocating for Black self-determination.
An exhibition at the Jewish Museum shows how the American magazine has been a force since the 1930s, with photography defining the “modern look” of a new era.
From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, can images help fight injustice?
Should an American publication have tried to “rescue” a boy from poverty?
An exhibition explores how black photographers portray their communities and kin.
A new exhibition reconsiders the legendary photographer’s fashion and portrait work.
Maia Silber reflects on photographer Gordon Parks, the infamous “doll tests” of the 1940s, and segregation.
A new exhibition at Salon 94 in New York brings to light Gordon Parks’s long-lost photographs from a breakthrough 1956 Life photoessay.
For Aperture’s Summer 2015 issue, the editors asked Frazier to discuss readings and works of art that have informed her thinking.
The Armory Show kicks off this week at Piers 92 and 94 in Manhattan. Here are Aperture’s 11 highlight of standout photography.
A new exhibition at the MFA, Boston, sheds light on a forgotten photo essay by Gordon Parks from 1950.
The fall season descends on New York with exciting new exhibitions.
Our choice of the best in online photography news and commentary.
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.
