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Wendy Red Star on the Power of Indigenous Art

In an interview from her Aperture book, the celebrated artist discusses family bonds, Native history, and how studying sculpture inspired her genre-defying photography.

The Struggle for Survival in the Amazon

Claudia Andujar has advocated for the Yanomami people throughout her career. In a major exhibition, her photographs coexist with Indigenous voices.
Franco Salmoiraghi, Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewet

A Photographer’s Unseen Archive of the Hawaiian Renaissance

Since the late 1960s, Franco Salmoiraghi has made images that portray evolving notions of the sacred and political in Hawaii—and preserve an essential account of Native culture.

Duane Linklater Redraws the Recent History of Indigenous Representation

Ruminating on a 1995 issue of “Aperture,” Linklater began to draw, write, fold, and scan, making a new project about the ways we see each other in images.

The Photographer Who Constantly Transforms

In their portraits in the American West, Evan Benally Atwood builds a vibrant narrative about trans and Native lives.

Why Do These German Citizens Dress up as Native Americans?

When the Indigenous artist Krista Belle Stewart discovered a community of Germans reenacting “Indian” traditions, she felt an uncanny sense of wonder, humor, and indignation.
Rebecca Belmore, keeper, 2018

In Performances and Photography, Rebecca Belmore Faces the Monumental

Reflecting on the lives of First Nations women in Canada, the artist speaks about endurance, grace, and how the pandemic offers a chance for change.

How Indigenous Filmmakers Are Shaping the Future of Cinema

As actors, directors, and communities tell their own stories on-screen, they produce new narratives—and an Indigenous gaze.

Searching for an Indigenous Fashion Star, Martine Gutierrez Casts Herself

With her self-made magazine, the Latinx artist challenges notions of gender and cultural identity.

How Can Native Artists Challenge the Story of North America Today?

Announcing Aperture magazine’s fall 2020 issue and programing around Native artists.

Notions of Land

For Indigenous artists, can photographs provide a space of visual sovereignty?

Who Can Tell the Story of an Indigenous Community?

Twenty years after his first visit to New Zealand, photographer Martin Toft makes a photobook about—and for—the Māori.

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Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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