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I hope the ambiguity will cause viewers to be more aware of what they are projecting onto the image. The sculptural works take this one step further by involving you physically with the work—you literally step into them.
talks & interviews
In Iraq, photographers were so locked down, but they hung in there and got good stuff.
talks & interviews
The history of photography is tightly intertwined with architecture and the built environment. The question to ask of the recent burst of attention to the relationship between them might be, why now?
A winner will be announced in June 2013. Stay tuned!
foundation news
Photographer Anne Hardy speaks about her new exhibition of photographs and sculptures at Maureen Paley, London.
After lengthy deliberations, Aperture Foundation has selected the winner of the #MyApertureMag Instagram competition.
Photo critic and historian Geoffrey Batchen uses the art of Joachim Schmid to discuss photograph as a medium of exchange.
The Paris Photo—Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards are now open for submissions.
In this interview, photojournalist Michael Kamber discusses his new book Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq.
Charlotte Cotton discusses the principles that guided her as she guest-edited Issue 004 of The PhotoBook Review.
Pablo Ortiz Monasterio discusses the process of selecting and sequencing photographs to tell a history of Mexico.
Charlie Engman worked in-situ at Aperture Gallery to create a new artist zine by remixing COMPILATION TOKYO.
What is photographic education today? The question elicits a wave of differing, often contesting answers.
Artist Barney Kulok considers the relationship between photography and architecture
Check out the sights from Paris Photo Los Angeles, both at Paramount Pictures Studios and throughout Los Angeles!
Click here to learn the names of the six portfolio prize finalists. The winner will be announced in June 2013.
“I wanted to discover, through the use of images and objects, a way to translate my original experience of these European sites.”
