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11 Photobooks that Reimagine Queer History and Visibility

From Zanele Muholi’s radical statements of identity to the photographers envisioning trans activism and community, here are must-read titles that celebrate queer voices and stories.
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The Photographs That Help Us Celebrate When Nothing Feels Ordinary

How images of holidays and ceremonies become a form of honoring, grieving, or marking time.

13 Publications that Reimagine Queer Visibility

From Zanele Muholi’s radical statements of identity to Nan Goldin’s iconic visual diary, Aperture highlights artists whose work illuminates LGBTQ+ perspectives.

The Woman Behind the First Photography Gallery

Helen Gee risked everything to open Limelight in 1954, selling prints by Ansel Adams, Berenice Abbott, and Robert Frank.

Peter Hujar's Italian Reverie

From the underground art star, a delicate picture of youth.

Before They Were Stars

In his new memoir, the critic Douglas Crimp revisits the origins of the Pictures Generation, a fabled era of art, sex, and experimentation.

Subversive Novelist Seeks Her Muse in Pictures

In San Francisco, the author of the controversial novel A Little Life stages an exhibition about loneliness and beauty.

Queer Photography: A Reflection

Vince Aletti recalls Tomorrow’s Man, Peter Hujar, James Dean, and the thrill of discovering queer pictures.

5 Exhibitions to See in January

With the new season in full swing, Aperture’s editors select five must-see photography exhibitions on view or opening soon in New York City.

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Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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