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A Seven-Volume Photobook Retells the Story of an Ancient Hindu Epic


In his contemporary iteration of the Ramayana, Vasantha Yogananthan’s photographs consider memory, history, and the poetics of daily life.

Why We Need Photobook Criticism

With robust critical frameworks and debate, the photobook can mature and expand.

A Photographer Traces the Ghosts of Loss and Trauma in Southern Africa

Jo Ractliffe’s expansive new photobook demonstrates how words and pictures bring historical memory into sharp relief.

Why the “Photobook Phenomenon” Is More than Just a Fad

Clément Chéroux, guest editor of the latest issue of The PhotoBook Review, on the evolution of the photobook and its community.

Announcing the Winners of the 2021 PhotoBook Awards

Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Aperture and Paris Photo present this year’s winning titles.

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Aperture No. 259

Guest edited by Tanisha C. Ford, Liberated Threads explores style and fashion as a language of Black resistance, refusal, and joy. This issue features image-makers who remix and reimagine twentieth-century “soul style,” creating a contemporary dialogue between photographers, filmmakers, and stylists from around the world.

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