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Aperture’s Must-Read Photography Features of 2024

The disruptive force of artificial intelligence, a fresh look at Robert Frank, and a retrospective of Tina Barney—here are this year’s highlights in photography and ideas.

6 Photographers Reflect on Robert Frank’s “The Americans”

Dawoud Bey, Kristine Potter, Alec Soth, and more consider the lasting impact of Frank’s groundbreaking photobook.

Robert Frank’s Genre-Bending Collaborations with Musicians

Patti Smith, Tom Waits, and the Rolling Stones liked Frank because he turned a sympathetic eye to the margins of American experience.

The Inventive French Magazine That Published Legendary Photographers

A reissue of “NEUF”—which championed Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, and Brassaï—shows why Robert Delpire’s midcentury publication remains an icon of the printed page.

Aperture Establishes First-Ever Endowment through $1 Million Matching Grant from the Andrea Frank Foundation

AFF will also collaborate with Aperture on a new edition of Robert Frank’s iconic book “The Americans” in 2024.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Delpire, 1960

Remembering Robert Delpire, Publisher of the Greats

Aperture commemorates the life of Robert Delpire (1926–2017).

Art and Activism in a Contested Democracy

Five reflections on the relationship between photography, citizenship, and the law.

Separate Cars on the Open Road

Amid the fight for desegregation, a revelatory portrait by Robert Frank conveys the freedom of travel.

Louis Faurer's Postwar New York

In the late 1940s, the photographer’s photographer reveled in the contradictory energies of urban life.

A New Documentary Turns the Lens on Robert Frank

Laura Israel, director of Don’t Blink–Robert Frank, speaks about the photographer’s life and work.

Thank You, and Come Again: Robert Frank in a New York Minute

The legendary photographer’s retrospective is here today, gone tomorrow.

The Armory Show: 11 Photography Picks

The Armory Show kicks off this week at Piers 92 and 94 in Manhattan. Here are Aperture’s 11 highlight of standout photography.

The Open Road Aperture Foundation Benefit Party and Auction

A recap of our benefit party and auction, an evening of art and entertainment in tribute to Robert Frank

Photography Reading Shortlist – 08.22.12

Our choice of the best in online photography news and commentary.

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Aperture No. 257

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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