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A Portrait of Ming Smith as an Artist in the Making

Smith’s poetic and experimental images are icons of twentieth-century Black life. In an interview, she speaks about her life and career—and the transcendent power of photography.
Fred McDarrah, Untitled (Youths at Stonewall Uprising), New York, New York, June 28, 1969

The Photographer Who Documented the Struggle for Gay Liberation

Fred McDarrah made singular portraits of Bob Dylan, Susan Sontag, and other luminaries of the 1960s. But his photojournalism also cemented the era’s visual style—and defined a political movement.

Saul Leiter’s Ravishing Color Photographs of New York

These previously unpublished selections of 35mm slides confirm and extend the stubborn singularity of Leiter’s color language.

The Punk Portraitist of New York’s Underground

Marcus Leatherdale photographed the stars of the city’s downtown scene, masterfully incorporating the myth and melodrama of the 1980s.
Hiram Maristany. Children in the funeral march of Julio Roldán, 1970

Does “Greater New York” Look Ahead by Looking Back?

The photography in MoMA PS1’s latest survey of New York–area artists tells a complex story about our time—from gentrification and migration to identity and history.
William Klein, Life is Good & Good for You in New York, 1956

Life Is Good for You in William Klein’s New York

In the 1950s, no U.S. publisher would touch Klein’s photobook about the city. But six decades later, his teeming vision of New York has become an icon of postwar popular culture.
Philip Montgomery, The Rainbow Room, 2020

How One Photographer Covered the Unfolding of the Pandemic

Last spring, as New York became the global epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis, Philip Montgomery made an indelible record of a transformed city.
Widline Cadet, Untitled (Derrick and Tiberius), 2017

In New York’s Parks, Images That Make Us Long for Connection

Somber yet serene, Widline Cadet’s black-and-white portraits carry the sensation of familial intimacy.
Zoe Leonard, Downtown (for Douglas), 2016

Zoe Leonard’s Elegiac Images of Downtown New York

In her tribute to the critic Douglas Crimp, Leonard’s photographs of street scenes and subways suggest the fantasy of waiting.

Irina Rozovsky’s Majestic Photographs of Prospect Park

For ten years, Rozovsky has envisioned the glorious diversity of life at the heart of Brooklyn.

Aperture to Jury Rockefeller Center’s 2021 Edition of The Flag Project

Rockefeller Center invites New Yorkers to submit photographs for a public installation.

What It’s Like to See Photographs Again

Eight months after New York’s lockdown, a writer returns to the city’s galleries and museums—and finds images of righteous fury and ecstatic communion.

A Photographer’s Intimate Portraits of East Village Art Stars

In the early 1980s, Tim Greathouse photographed David Wojnarowicz, Greer Lankton, and Jimmy DeSana—and captured New York’s downtown scene before the destruction of AIDS.
Sunil Gupta, Untitled #22, 1976

Christopher Street Revisited

In the 1970s, Sunil Gupta photographed moments of desire and liberation in New York’s gay capital.

Take the J Train

In Andre D. Wagner’s new photobook, an intimate chronicle of black life on New York City’s subways.

Picturing the Early Days of Hip-Hop

Charlie Ahearn and Grand Wizzard Theodore discuss the rise of Hip-Hop at the Ecstasy Garage Disco.

Elle Pérez’s Havens of Queer Liberation

On dance floors from the Bronx to Baltimore, the artist captures LGBT youth who refuse to be forgotten.
Mark Morrisroe, Baby Steffenelli (John S.), 1985

A Chance Encounter with Mark Morrisroe

After years in a Boston attic, Mark Morrisroe’s dreamy, unpolished early work is on display in a rare exhibition in New York.
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Aperture No. 258

Aperture presents “Photography & Painting,” featuring artists from around the world who draw inspiration from both mediums in their work, illuminating how the dialogue between camera and canvas continues to unfold today in fascinating, unexpected ways.

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