For Bernal, who worked on the border between the US and Mexico, photography was a potent tool in affirming the value of communities who lacked visibility and agency.
The photographer and multimedia artist speaks about his earliest images, adopting a hawk, and taking a wild road trip to the Mexico-US border.
Dorian Ulises López Macías made a name for himself as an art director for fashion magazines. But his own street portraits of dark-skinned men are redefining the range and vitality of male beauty in Mexico.
For more than a decade, Alejandro Cartagena has photographed Mexican suburbs transformed by the rapid construction of new homes.
Through her work with Tina Modotti and Edward Weston, the visionary writer Anita Brenner ushered in the Mexican renaissance.
Mark McKnight’s black-and-white images of bodies and landscapes challenge Eurocentric ideas about male beauty—and aim to make “straight” photography a little less straight.
In an era of monopolized truth, Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist.
Is the U.S.-Mexico border a political calculation or a humanitarian crisis?
Introducing Tania Franco Klein, the winner of Aperture’s Instagram contest honoring William Eggleston.
Webb’s “La Calle” captures the intense color, cultural tension, and mystery of Mexico’s streets
An interview with the Jack Kerouac of photography in France, Bernard Plossu.
An excerpt from Chris Boot’s conversation with 101 Tragedies editor Trisha Ziff.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
