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A People’s History of Puerto Rico

Ricardo Alcaraz has spent five decades documenting the island’s movements for labor rights, land, and independence.

Elle Pérez Brings Everyone Along

Pérez is known for making images that appear both performative and diaristic. Here, the photographer opens up about finding and celebrating friends, family, and community, frame by frame.

What Christopher Gregory-Rivera Discovered in Puerto Rico’s State Secrets

For decades, US officials sought to suppress independence movements in Puerto Rico, spying on activists and their families. What do their formerly secret files reveal?
Genesis Báez, The Sound of a Circle, 2018

Genesis Báez’s Fleeting Visions of the Puerto Rican Diaspora

In her photography, Báez explores the complexity of care, touch, and belonging among Puerto Rican women in the United States and beyond.

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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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