Invisible: Covert Operations and Classified Landscapes, by Trevor Paglen

Social scientist, artist, writer, and provocateur, Aperture West Book Prize–winner Trevor Paglen has been exploring the secret activities of the U.S. government—the “black world”—for the last eight years, publishing, speaking, and making astonishing photographs that chart invisible aspects of the government. Invisible highlights the artwork of this important young scholar, while speaking to the multidisciplinary practices employed by so many of today’s most interesting contemporary artists.

Sanna Kannisto

Since 1997 Finnish photographer Sanna Kannisto has spent several months per year living alongside biologists in the rainforests of Brazil, French Guyana, and Costa Rica. Adopting elements of her companions’ scientific methods and concepts, she has developed her own form of visual research, addressing and utilizing the constraints of science and photography to challenge how we view and “know” the natural world.

Penelope Umbrico (Photographs)

Penelope Umbrico (Photographs), the artist’s first monograph, is part  reader, part site-specific installation on the printed page. This  idiosyncratic volume addresses some of the most critical issues facing  contemporary photography, including authorship, appropriation, and visual  literacy. In this volume, Umbrico offers a unique and challenging  reconsideration of consumer and vernacular images, accompanied by a series  of essays, statements, and excerpted source materials on the issues  involved. 

LOOK AT OUR ONGOING PROJECT:
The NYC Green Cart Photography Commission

through the perspectives of five emerging artists, selected by Aperture in partnership with the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and the New York City Department of Health.

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reGeneration 2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today 

Pitch Blackness by Hank Willis Thomas