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Avion Pearce Creates a World between Reality and Dreams

Winner of the 2024 Aperture Portfolio Prize, Pearce maps the interplay between time and the body.

A Playful Investigation of Community and Territory

In the Bolivian Andes, River Claure reckons with colonial history.

Janna Ireland’s “Pauline” Is a Passport into a Past Life

When she inherited her grandmother’s photographs, Ireland discovered how image making is an act of self-preservation.

In India, an Artist Revives the Legacy of a Small-Town Photo Studio

Abhishek Khedekar pays tribute to a photographer whose images permeated everyday life.

Laila Stevens Seeks Sisterhood in Her Portraits of Black Women

A visit to North Carolina influenced the photographer’s ideas about the power of family.

Announcing the 2024 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist 

Here are the shortlisted artists for Aperture’s annual award, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.

2020 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Gloria Oyarzabal

Mixing archival images with contemporary snapshots, Gloria Oyarzabal examines the effects of colonialism and the follies of white feminism in West Africa.

2019 Portfolio Prize Winner: Mark McKnight

Mark McKnight’s black-and-white images of bodies and landscapes challenge Eurocentric ideas about male beauty—and aim to make “straight” photography a little less straight.

2019 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Teresa Eng

In her lyrical, dreamlike images, Teresa Eng asks—what does modern China look like to a child of the Chinese diaspora?

2019 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Jack Latham

In the age of fake news, Jack Latham investigates the secret society that has inspired conspiracy theories, protests, and attacks since its founding days in 1872.

2019 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Zora J Murff

Zora J Murff evaluates the fallout of prejudicial housing policies within the larger narrative of violence perpetrated against African Americans.

2019 Portfolio Prize Runner-Up: Guanyu Xu

Reclaiming domestic space through installations in his parents’ home, Guanyu Xu explores queer identity and censorship across China and the US.

2018 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Fabiola Cedillo

Read a statement by Katie Booth, Digital manager of Aperture Magazine

2018 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Eduardo Rivera

Read a statement by Lesly A. Martin, Creative Director of Aperture

2018 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Philip Cheung

Read a statement by Amelia Lang, Executive Managing Editor.

2018 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Hausthor and Guilmoth

Read a statement by Cassidy Paul, Digital Editor

2018 Portfolio Prize Winner: Ka-Man Tse

Read a statement by Michael Famighetti, Editor of Aperture Magazine

2018 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

Presenting the five finalists for the 2018 Aperture Portfolio Prize, an international photography competition.
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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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