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15 Essential Photobooks by Women Photographers

From landmark volumes by Diane Arbus and Nan Goldin to modern classics by Deana Lawson, Rinko Kawauchi, Justine Kurland, and more.

After 9/11, Do We Prefer Images to Reality?

In three timely new books, David Levi Strauss considers the profound effects that photography, terror, and divisive politics have had on the twenty-first-century imagination.

9 Photographers on Keeping Their Eyes Open to the World around Them

In a new book for young readers, Rinko Kawauchi, Alec Soth, Wendy Red Star, and others speak about how we engage with the world through the camera.

11 Photographers on Seeking the Unexpected in Their Work

Sabiha Çimen, Susan Meiselas, Alex Webb, and more on how happy accidents and unusual turns led to their most memorable images.

When Women Photographers Went to War

From Gerda Taro to Susan Meiselas, a new book examines the ways eight women have expanded the field of war photography.

10 Magnum Photographers on their Obsessions in Images

What keeps a photographer returning to a particular subject, theme, place, or person?

13 Photographers on What Freedom Means to Them

Highlights from the Magnum Square Print Sale

The Many Worlds of Susan Meiselas

A comprehensive exhibition celebrates the photographer’s unique approach to storytelling.

15 Photographers On Their Greatest Journeys

Where can a photograph take you?

13 Essential Photobooks by Women Photographers

From photography legends to unsung pioneers of decades past, our gift guide to Aperture photobooks by women photographers.

On Empathy: 10 Powerful Images from Magnum Photographers

Magnum’s Square Sale features work that explores our collective humanity.

Pushing the Boundaries of Gender Performance

Spanning over eighty years of photographs, an exhibition explores the gender non-conforming potential of the word “they.”

Collaboration: Revisiting the History of Photography Recap

Leading photographers and students reconsider the history of photography from the perspective of collaboration.

Call for Participation: Collaboration – Revisiting the History of Photography

A timeline of collaboration curated by Ariella Azoulay, Wendy Ewald, and Susan Meiselas.

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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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