Aperture

Founded in 1952, Aperture is an essential guide to the world of contemporary photography that combines the finest writing with inspiring photographic portfolios. Each issue examines one theme explored in “Words,” focused on the best writing surrounding contemporary photography, and “Pictures,” featuring immersive portfolios and artist projects.

Aperture

Agenda • Exhibitions to See

Dispatches • How has Tanya Traboulsi emerged as one of Beirut’s most thoughtful and affectionate chroniclers?

Studio Visit • In the 1980s, Mitch Epstein found a loft on the Lower East Side at a time when New York’s downtown was the center of the art world.

Timeline

Viewfinder • Mahtab Hussain finds warmth and belonging in Muslim communities across the United States.

Curriculum

Desire

Juergen Teller The Force of Life

Hisae Imai Daydreams • An ascendant figure in Tokyo’s art and fashion scenes of the 1960s, Imai took an unpredictable turn after a terrible car accident.

She’s Got the Look • A generation of women photographers, drawing on feminist art of the past, reconsiders the dynamics of being seen.

More Real Than a Memory Melissa Shook • The photographer’s rigorous self-portraits show the longing and sensuality of a woman inventing herself every day. Fifty years later, new audiences are discovering her work.

Nakeya Brown • Black Beauty Still Lifes

Everything Shines • When it comes to advertising, great photographers have always worked between art and commerce.

Oto Gillen This Odor

Kosen Ohtsubo’s Flower Planet • Inspired by jazz, improvisation, and conceptualism, the ikebana artist has created playful works that merge disciplines.

Nabil Harb Polk County

Jonathas de Andrade The Spark • The renowned Brazilian artist’s work is energized by sexual tension and the possibilities of intimacy between men.

Marcelo Gomes • Things, Moments, Multitudes

Ishiuchi Miyako The Afterlives of Objects • For decades, the esteemed photographer has delved into personal and social histories with vigilant attention, revealing how something as physical as a home, a body, or a loved one may be dispossessed of us at any time.

The PhotoBook Review

A Space for Everyone • How does the Metropolitan Museum of Art bring its vast book collection to life?

The Lives of Documents • A recent exhibition considers how publications can inform and inflect the creative process.

Reviews

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