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Phillip Pyle II, Forgotten Struggle #32, 2023

A Biennial in Houston Explores the Politics of Visibility

The latest edition of FotoFest features artists and collectives from around the world who consider the weight of history on the present.

A Photographer’s Personal Account of the Protests in Richmond

In Virginia, Christopher “Puma” Smith engaged with the debates around removing Confederate statues. But is he hopeful about the US?
Kenji Wong, Hello darkness, my old friend, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, 2019

How Are Young Photographers Documenting the Protests in Hong Kong?

Beyond the tear gas and the front lines, these Hong Kong photographers have found new ways to represent the city’s political crisis.

In Protests from Standing Rock to Hong Kong, the Image of Solidarity

Protest is a form of communion.

Picturing Dissent: 50 Years of Protest Photographs

What role have images played in our collective memory of protest?

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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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