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2016 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

Presenting the four finalists for the 2016 Aperture Portfolio Prize, an international photography competition.

2015 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Lisa Elmaleh

Read a statement by Chris Boot, Executive Director of Aperture.

2015 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Laurence Rasti

Read a statement by Amelia Lang.

2015 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Heikki Kaski

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

2015 Portfolio Prize Winner: Drew Nikonowicz

Read a statement by Paula Kupfer

2014 Portfolio Prize Winner: Amy Elkins

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

2014 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Sadie Wechsler

Read a statement by Michael Famighetti, Editor of Aperture Magazine

2014 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Max Pinckers

Read a statement by Paula Kupfer

2014 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Matt Eich

Read a statement by Denise Wolff, Senior Editor.

2014 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: David Monteleone

Read a statement by Schuyler Duffy

Announcing the Six Finalists for the 2013 Aperture Portfolio Prize

Click here to learn the names of the six portfolio prize finalists. The winner will be announced in June 2013.

2013 Portfolio Prize Winner: Bryan Schutmaat

Read a statement by Lesley A. Martin, creative director of Aperture.

2013 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Akihiko Miyoshi

Read a statement by Brian Sholis, Editor.

2013 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Corey Escoto

Read a statement by Schuyler Duffy, Public Programs and External Affairs Assistant.

2013 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Eva Stenram

Read a statement by Paula Kupfer.

2013 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Pacifico Silano

Read a statement by Denise Wolff, Senior Editor.

2013 Portfolio Prize Runner Up: Clare Carter

Read a statement by Amelia Lang, Associate Publisher.

Call for Entries: Aperture Portfolio Prize

The Aperture Portfolio Prize 2013 contest is now open for submissions.
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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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