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A Historic Archive’s Nightmarish Portrait of America

A new book reimagines the Depression-era photography of Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Gordon Parks, mapping a country of strangers and ghosts.
Walker Evans, Independence Day, Terra Alta, West Virginia, 1935

A New Look at Walker Evans

In her recent book, Svetlana Alpers explores the cultural figures that influenced Evans’s renowned photographs.

5 Depression-Era Photographs That Galvanized Social Change

From Dorothea Lange to Walker Evans, the FSA photographers of the 1930s shaped a vision of the world transformed by economic crisis.

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Walker Evans, Resort Photographer at Work, 1941

Walker Evans, Hero of the Vernacular Style

A landmark exhibition argues that the photographer’s approach to image making goes far beyond documentary.

10 Exhibitions to See This Fall

From Malick Sidibé to Stephen Shore, here are the must-see photography exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and beyond.

A Love Song for New Orleans

Drawing inspiration from Walker Evans, Stephen Hilger photographed a city’s disappearing neighborhood.

William Christenberry, Poet of the Ordinary (1936–2016)

Aperture remembers the life of the Southern photographer, whose work evokes the power of passing time.

Walker Evans & the Written Word by David Campany

David Campany on the writers that informed the work of Walker Evans.

Prajna Desai: "Constructing Worlds" at Barbican Art Gallery

A review of “Constructing Worlds” at Barbican Art Gallery.

Tim Davis – The Neighborhood Ketchup Ad

From Aperture 209: Tim Davis considers the photographic history of American housing.

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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