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Dolorès Marat, La femme aux gants (Woman with gloves), 1987

Annie Ernaux Inspires an Exhibition about Fleeting Encounters

In Paris, the Nobel laureate’s words are set in dialogue with striking images by artists including Daido Moriyama and Mohamed Bourouissa.

The Delight and Absurdity of Domestic Photography

A trio of photobooks about domestic life reveals the home as a site of humor, performance, and self-fulfillment.

How Conservatives Weaponized Photographs in the Campaign against Abortion

For decades, medical images have been subjected to selective editing to create disturbing visions about the perils of abortion. But in the post-Roe era, how should pro-choice advocates handle visual representations?

A Photographer’s Pensive Vision of Life on a Yemeni Island

In 2021, Charles Thiefaine began photographing the Indian Ocean island of Socotra, capturing the seeming bliss of the landscape amid the backdrop of political conflict.
Dave Swindells, Thinking big and living large in Pacha, 1989

Visions of Nightlife from Johannesburg to Ibiza

Two recent photobooks offer up nostalgia for the dance floor—and imagine the hedonism of a post-pandemic future.
Peter Hujar, Paul’s Legs, 1979

Peter Hujar, Moyra Davey, and the Performance of Honesty

In a new photobook drawn from the Hujar archives and her own work, Davey shows how we build a sense of who we are through adulation.

Chloe Dewe Mathews’s Sweeping Chronicle of the River Thames

In her inventive new photobook, the British photographer celebrates the life and rituals along the banks of England’s famous river.

Why the Visionary Designer Willi Smith Is More Relevant Than Ever

Smith built one of the most influential fashion brands of the 1980s. An exhibition illustrates the breadth of his talents—and the limits of how fashion is chronicled.

In London, an Exhibition Provokes Questions about Masculinity

For some men, masculinity is a habit or an addiction—a promise of power. But in the #MeToo era, can “liberation” be found through photography?

The Fashion Image after Nan Goldin

If fashion photography is defined by artifice, why does the industry crave rawness and reality?

A Portrait of the Socialites as Bright Young Things

In Cecil Beaton’s glittering world, everyone was dressed up with somewhere to go.

Art School Confidential

Matthew Finn’s photographs of London art students summon the innocent days of the 1990s.

The Photographer Behind John Waters's Cult Classic "Pecker"

How Chuck Shacochis made Edward Furlong into an art star.

Fashion Photography in the #MeToo Era

Are fashion photographers responsible for producing truthful images?

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Aperture Releases “Counter Histories,” Produced with Magnum Foundation Spring Issue Presents Photographers Who Uncover Personal and Political Histories (New York—March 6, 2024) What creative possibilities are offered by the gaps, absences, and silences in historical records? This spring, Aperture magazine presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their…