Overview
Seventy-five pairings of words and pictures that define Aperture’s history, offering an unforgettable visual resource to nearly a century of photography.
From the postwar era to the dawn of AI, Aperture has championed the visionary artists who have expanded the scope and purpose of photography. Now, nearly a century since its founding, Aperture has selected seventy-five enduring photographs from our archives, paired with the stand-alone words excerpted from the prized Aperture issues and publications in which they originated, to provide an eye-catching gallery of the essential voices that have indelibly shaped the medium of photography.
From timeless examples by Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, and Nan Goldin to the work of today’s luminaries, including Tyler Mitchell, Wendy Red Star, and LaToya Ruby Frazier, they offer entry points to what photography is—as we enter a brave new world of image culture. Answering a vital need “to communicate with serious photographers and creative people everywhere,” Aperture has published the photographers, writers, and thinkers who are unrivaled in their impact, prompting readers to discover within these pages why photography still matters.
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