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18 Photographers on What It Means to Embrace the Unknown

In the Magnum Square Print Sale in partnership with Aperture, Elliott Erwitt, Nan Goldin, Jamel Shabazz, and more share images that explore the edges of their photographic practice.

8 Educational Photography Resources to Spark Creativity

Advice and insight from the world’s top photographers, free photography curriculum, and more.

Fifteen Photographers at a Crossroads

How can a photograph transform us?

Excerpt from Mary Ellen Mark on the Portrait and the Moment

In an excerpt from Mary Ellen Mark on the Portrait and the Moment, the photographer reflects on her favorite portraits and how her now-recognizable images came to be.

Remembering Mary Ellen Mark, 1940–2015

Mary Ellen Mark’s life and work remembered by Melissa Harris and those who worked closely with her.

New York Times Magazine Photographs in Santiago, Chile

The show is now on view at Centro de Extensión, Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago.

Photography at Novartis AG

Melissa Harris spoke with Daniel Vasella, then of Novartis AG, to understand both his passion and his criteria for commissioning photography.

Mary Ellen Mark @ Philadelphia Photo Arts Center

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center hosts a visiting artist lecture with Mary Ellen Mark.

Michael Somoroff Book Launch and Signing

Celebrating the US launch of A Moment. Master Photographers: Portraits by Michael Somoroff.

Vintage Photography Posters from the Vault

Classics freshly uncovered from Aperture’s archives, featuring Diane Arbus, Robert Adams, and Mary Ellen Mark cover art.

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