Jimmy DeSana

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Jimmy DeSana’s Transgressive Vision of Life and Desire

A long-awaited retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum celebrates the photographer’s work while avoiding the self-congratulatory drama of a rescue mission.

A Photographer’s Intimate Portraits of East Village Art Stars

In the early 1980s, Tim Greathouse photographed David Wojnarowicz, Greer Lankton, and Jimmy DeSana—and captured New York’s downtown scene before the destruction of AIDS.

Surreal Sexuality

In his staged, gel-lit nudes, Jimmy DeSana explored the body as object.

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.

From Stonewall to AIDS, Framing Queer Desire

A recent forum at MoMA reveals a rich, often-overlooked thread of queer history and photography.

On Press with Aperture Production

Production coordinator Thomas Bollier walks us through the recent printing of the Aperture book Suburban, of Jimmy DeSana’s earlier photographs.

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Stop Time, guest edited by Hiroshi Sugimoto: Aperture No. 264, Fall 2026
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Stop Time, guest edited by Hiroshi Sugimoto: Aperture No. 264, Fall 2026

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