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

Backstory • An archive of Brazilian photographs tells the story of a community’s celebrations, struggles, and cultural heritage.

Studio Visit • From his studio in the countryside near the Adriatic Sea, Guido Guidi reflects on decades of studying Italy’s urban and architectural history.

Spotlight • Vân-Nhi Nguyen, winner of the 2023 Aperture Portfolio Prize, offers a bold perspective on the lives of young people in contemporary Vietnam.

Curriculum

Being & Becoming: Asian in America • How have Asian American artists explored the unspoken tensions between the past and present—and made visible new possibilities for the future?

Landscapes & Memories • An-My Lê and Pao Houa Her in Conversation with Ryan Lee Wong

Gina Osterloh Pressing Against Looking

The Living Archive • For many artists, collections contain the future of Asian American representation.

Leonard Suryajaya Parting Gift

Arthur Ou Viewfinder

Toyo Miyatake Manzanar Stories • While interned during the Second World War, Toyo Miyatake created—sometimes surreptitiously—a vivid record of life inside the infamous California prison camp.

Bruce Yonemoto North, South, East, West

Guanyu Xu Resident Aliens

The Downtown Diplomat

The Possibility of Home • How can art made in domestic spaces push back against expectations of assimilation?

Soichi Sunami Movement & Form

Priya Suresh Kambli Cut-ups

Jarod Lew In Between You and Your Shadow

How to Survive the American Dream • Reagan Louie in Conversation with Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander

The PhotoBook Review

Looking, Watching, Trying, Doing • Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi in Conversation with Taous Dahmani

Magazine Culture • An expansive new book charts Japan’s unparalleled history of photography in print.

Reviews

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