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The history of curiosity reminds us that accidents will happen, and instructs its contemporary adepts how to be waiting when they do.
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As Divola notes, “Being here is a practical consideration—it’s very inexpensive, convenient, clean, and air conditioned.”
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Crucially, this exhibition undermines a tendency to canonize Blossfeldt exclusively as a modernist art photographer.
Smalley's distance from photography allows him to approach broader ontological questions: What is an image? How do images circulate within the technologies of contemporary culture?
From Aperture 203, Daido Moriyama speaks with Ivan Vartanian about the unending newness of photographs.
In the wake of Tuesday’s New York Post cover, a discussion on NPR considered the ethics of documenting tragedy.
A photo diary chronicling Aperture’s Paris Photo Patron Trip 2012.
Aperture speaks with Galjaard about photographing in Albania, the design process, and self-publishing his first book.
Independent curator Daniel M. Leers reports on the First National Bank Johannesburg Art Fair.
Writer and curator Amanda Hopkinson guides us through the pioneering reinvention of the Fotohof photography gallery which opened in Salzburg, Austria, February 2012.
A talk and signing with Chris Buck, author of Presence: The Invisible Portrait.
An excerpt from Chris Boot’s conversation with 101 Tragedies editor Trisha Ziff.
Taryn Simon presents and discusses her work, including A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, I – XVIII.
Exploring the under-charted history of Latin American photography.
Photos from two of the most exciting European photography fairs, Paris Photo and Offprint Paris.
From Aperture 198: Anders Petersen and JH Engström discuss the work that would become Petersen’s City Diary.
A new photobook by Barney Kulok now available in our online store.
