Liz Johnson Artur

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Can the Photo-album Hold Cultures Together?

Over the last decade, as artists have turned to the genre of the family portrait, they reflect our ever-expansive notions of belonging.

Aperture's Best Photography Features of 2018

From the photographs that inspired Sofia Coppola’s films to Zanele Muholi’s visual activism, here are this year’s highlights in photography and ideas.

Black Balloon Archive

Liz Johnson Artur’s intimate workbooks honor communities across the African diaspora.

On the Cover: Aperture’s “Family” Issue

In relationships and communities, an expanding vision of what families can be.

Black is Brilliant

From Accra to Harlem, photographs that expand the field of representation.

An Exhibition Where Every Opinion Matters

At the Art Gallery of Ontario’s annual photography prize, four artists compete for your vote.

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Aperture No. 259

Guest edited by Tanisha C. Ford, Liberated Threads explores style and fashion as a language of Black resistance, refusal, and joy. This issue features image-makers who remix and reimagine twentieth-century “soul style,” creating a contemporary dialogue between photographers, filmmakers, and stylists from around the world.

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