Beginning in the 1960s, Michael Schmidt dedicated his work to the city’s history and its citizens—and moved beyond the conventions of documentary photography.
How did Michael Schmidt’s independent workshop change postwar German photography?
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.