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The Photographers Who Shaped Our Picture of New York

A look inside the inaugural installation at Aperture’s new space on the Upper West Side.

In New York, a Vivid Tribute to a Dominican Tradition

Victor Llorente documents the folkloric costumes and traditional dances of the carnival group Los Andulleros de Santiago.

Sophia Wilson Just Wants to Have Fun

The young artist has photographed Teyana Taylor and worked with Nike, all while pursuing a vibrant style shaped by growing up in New York.

New York’s Sidewalks Are His Studio

For decades, Louis Mendes and his press camera have been a staple of the city’s street life.

Dean Majd’s Intimate Reckoning with Masculinity

For ten years, the photographer chronicled the revelry and grief of his friends, making a definitive series about youth in New York.

Daniel Arnold’s New Pleasure? Missing the Shot.

The street photographer speaks about New York City folklore, stepping away from Instagram, and his shifting priorities as an artist.

Ike Edeani’s Quest for Sartorial Flair

Roaming Harlem on the cusp of summer, the photographer finds New Yorkers abounding in Sunday-best dazzle.

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Elle Pérez Brings Everyone Along

Pérez is known for making images that appear both performative and diaristic. Here, the photographer opens up about finding and celebrating friends, family, and community, frame by frame.

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These previously unpublished selections of 35mm slides confirm and extend the stubborn singularity of Leiter’s color language.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.
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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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