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Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait with Leica, 1931

The Women Who Reshaped Modern Photography

A major exhibition shows how women photographers pictured themselves as they wished to be seen, both behind and before the camera.

How One Woman Helped Invent Modern Photography

Through her work with Tina Modotti and Edward Weston, the visionary writer Anita Brenner ushered in the Mexican renaissance.

A Lesson in Art History from Hiroshi Sugimoto

What do modern masterworks look like in black and white?

Photo.edu: Toward a New Curriculum by Arthur Ou

What is photographic education today? The question elicits a wave of differing, often contesting answers.

Swiping at Pictures

Curator Christopher Y. Lew discusses our changing relationship to technology and to the Internet.

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.

Lingua Photographica

Brooklyn-based writer and curator Gene McHugh dissects photography’s role within the real world and the virtual world.

Nine Years, A Million Conceptual Miles – By Charlotte Cotton

Charlotte Cotton discusses a wave of photographic innovation.

Taryn Simon and Lisa Hostetler – In Conversation

Taryn Simon presents and discusses her work, including A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, I – XVIII.

Nan Goldin – The Ballad of Sexual Dependency – Reprint

Now available – a reprint of Nan Goldin’s 1986 classic The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.

Aperture Remix Exhibition Opening Recap

A sixtieth anniversary celebration and reading room launches at Aperture Gallery.

Audio: Doug Rickard Artist Talk

The Google Street View photographer speaks on his reinterpretation of American street photography.

Christine Burrill – Uprising Los Angeles Exhibition Opening

The LA photographer opens a show of large-scale color photo collages and black & white images.

Marvin Heiferman – ACP Knowledge Series

The Photography Changes Everything author speaks at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.

Aperture Remix Exhibition Opening at Aperture Gallery

A new photography exhibition at Aperture Gallery opens Wednesday, October 17.

William Klein + Daido Moriyama – Exhibition and Book Signing

Looking at the relationship between the work of two influential street photographers.

Mark Lyon's Landscapes for the People Limited Edition Print

The New York Times Lens blog features Lyon’s bucolic wallpaper scenes.

Photography Changes Everything Panel 09/26 – Recap

A brief summary in images and tweets.
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Aperture 254

This spring, Aperture presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their ongoing Counter Histories grant initiative, featuring artists from around the world who tell new stories about how the past informs the present.