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Sara Cwynar on Six Things That Inspire Her

The photographer shares a few of her favorite things, from figure skating to Aby Warburg’s atlas of antiquity.

How Images Make the Objects We Desire Seem Irresistible

In the twentieth century, photographers proved you could sell anything. Today, they work in a world where you have to sell everything.

9 Inspiring Photobooks by Contemporary Women Photographers

From Justine Kurland’s imagined runaways to Wendy Red Star’s feminist, Indigenous perspective, here are essential titles by today’s leading artists.

Aperture’s 2021 Gala Celebrates the Reach of Photography Today

This fall, Aperture’s annual gala celebrates the range of its publishing program with three honorees: Sara Cwynar, Graciela Iturbide, and Dr. Kenneth Montague.

Sara Cwynar's Contemporary Nostalgia

Kitsch and pleasure in the information age.

5 Exhibitions to See in May

From teenage portraits to postwar Manhattan, here are must-see photography exhibitions in New York.

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Aperture Magazine No. 261, “The Craft Issue” Cover
Aperture Magazine

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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