Untitled, 2008, © Cindy Sherman

With the recession and the Internet age weighing print businesses down, the time has come to consider the current state of the modern magazine and its success for the future. On the occasion of the publication of issue #200, Aperture has organized a bi-coastal conversation on this important subject. Beginning in San Francisco, where the magazine was founded in 1952, the event will be moderated by Aperture Co-Publisher Michelle Dunn Marsh and feature established players in the magazine world including Kyle Blue, Dwell magazine; Zana Woods, Wired magazine; Nion McEvoy, Chronicle Books and Andrew Leland, Believer magazine.

The Storehouse and the Arsenal: The Industry and Creative Environment of Magazine Publishing Today
Thursday, September 30th, 2010 6:00-8:00 pm
Admission: Free, space is limited; please  RSVP to reserve a seat

SF Camerawork
657 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, California
(415) 512-2020

Click here for more information on this event.

Click here for information on the east coast event that will be held during PhotoPlus Expo in New York City on October 28, 2010.

Left cover image: Cindy Sherman. Right cover image: Clare Strand.

Celebrating issue 200 with two dynamic covers, one from acclaimed photographer Cindy Sherman and the other from emerging artist Clare Strand!

Issue 200 includes:

Commemorating the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, photographers and long-time New Orleans residents Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick reveal the remnants of the tragic loss as well as the current uplifting communal spirit in the city.

An intricate link between Manhattan’s unseen past and present is depicted in photographs by Barney Kulok and further discussed by poet Max Blagg.

Recently discovered film stills from Salvador Toscano’s 1950 documentary about the 1920–17 Mexican Revolution, reveal new insight into the everyday citizen’s experience during the greatest social and political upheaval of the time.

Lucas Foglia sheds light on the unique lifestyles of Americans who detach themselves from mainstream society.

Martin Parr introduces Óscar Fernando Gómez‘s photographs of Monterrey, Mexico, framed and taken through the window of his taxi cab.

David Campany investigates emerging artist Clare Strand’s cryptic black & white images of the unknown.

Aaron Schuman looks at Mike Mandel’s playful celebrity-photographer baseball trading cards from 1974.

E.L. Doctorow talks to Eric Fischl about Fischl’s  traveling exhibition of post 9/11 work by some of the most well-known artists working today, including Chuck Close, Nan Goldin, Catherine Opie, and many more. A portfolio of the exhibition images is available for purchase here.

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