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Avion Pearce Creates a World between Reality and Dreams

Winner of the 2024 Aperture Portfolio Prize, Pearce maps the interplay between time and the body.

The Photographers Who Built an “Army of Lovers” through Protest and Celebration

During the Stonewall Protests in 2020, activists organized to speak out against violence and homophobia, galvanizing the community in the fight for Black trans lives.
Lisetta Carmi, I Travestiti Dalida, 1965-67

How Lisetta Carmi Changed the History of Italian Photojournalism

An artist and humanist, Carmi exposed the public to the realities of marginalized communities, from dockworkers to sex workers.

10 Essential Stories That Illuminate Queer Lives

From JEB’s pathbreaking archive of lesbian photography to Ren Hang’s subversive fantasies, we look back at must-read articles from Aperture’s archive.

The Photographer Who Constantly Transforms

In their portraits in the American West, Evan Benally Atwood builds a vibrant narrative about trans and Native lives.

Rosalyne Blumenstein and the Art of Living

In her newest series, artist and activist Zackary Drucker pays homage to a trans icon.

Queer Looking, Queer Being

How can photography transform representations of non-binary and transgender bodies?

Gender Is a Playground

Zackary Drucker and Kate Bornstein discuss pioneers, politics, and the next frontier in gender expression.

Trans Lives Illuminated

Since the 1970s, Mariette Pathy Allen has photographed the lives of trans and gender nonconforming people around the world.

The Archipelago of Desire

In Cape Verde, a Portuguese photographer documents the trans community with candid intimacy.
Behind the scenes of Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice, Mapping a Detroit Story, 2015

Vision & Justice Online: dream hampton in Conversation with Geena Rocero

How has the death of a transgender African American teenager changed the debate around justice in the United States?

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