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Is Photography Yorgos Lanthimos’s True Calling?

The director, who recently announced a break from filmmaking, discusses his fledgling career as a maker of dreamy, category-defying photobooks.

A Look Inside the 2025 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

These 37 photobooks highlight excellence in publishing across a wide range of topics and photographic styles.

Announcing the 2025 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

Here are the 37 shortlisted titles for the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards, which celebrate this year’s achievements by publishers and artists.

Why Does the Italian Polymath Bruno Munari Still Spark Joy?

Jason Fulford speaks about the obsessions he shares with the beloved artist and designer.

Remembering Nona Faustine’s Powerful Self-Portraits

Faustine’s photography was a love letter to New York—and a fierce assertion of Black presence in public spaces and collective history.

Is the Age of Oversized Photobooks Over?

Like diaries or zines, small-scale publications have both an intimacy and air of rebellion.

32 Photobooks for Everyone on Your Holiday Gift List

Legendary photographers. Iconic monographs. Thought-provoking essay books. Limited-edition photography gifts. Here is the ultimate guide to the best photobooks to give this holiday season.

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 PhotoBook Awards

Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Aperture and Paris Photo present this year’s winning titles.

Announcing the 2024 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

Here are the 35 shortlisted titles for this year’s Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards, which celebrate the evolving narrative of the photobook.

12 Graphic Designers on Their Favorite Books

Whether they’re about pills, products, art, or architecture, here are the books that photobook designers always come back to.

Danny Lyon on the Making of “The Bikeriders”

Lyon’s riveting book about a Chicago motorcycle club is one of the definitive accounts of American counterculture—and the inspiration for a new film starring Austin Butler and Jodie Comer.

What Does It Mean to Collaborate in Photography?

A new book challenges the idea of the solitary genius, investigating photography’s potential as a community action shaped by power.

What Photobooks Does the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collect?

Home to more than a million objects, the museum’s library shelves are full of surprises.

31 Photobooks for Everyone on Your Holiday Gift List

Legendary photographers. Thought-provoking essay books. Limited-edition photography gifts and book bundles. Here is the ultimate guide to the best photobooks to give this holiday season.

Announcing the Winners of the 2023 PhotoBook Awards

Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Aperture and Paris Photo present this year’s winning titles.

A Look Inside the Titles Shortlisted for the 2023 PhotoBook Awards

These 35 photobooks highlight excellence in publishing across a wide range of topics and photographic styles.

How Can Photobooks Expand the Canon?

The team behind a British publisher speaks about the bookmaking process—and how a sequence of photographs can create an emotional experience.

Announcing the 2023 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

Here are the 35 shortlisted titles for this year’s Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards, which celebrate the evolving narrative of the photobook.
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