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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The ninth edition of Paris Photo, the world’s largest photography fair, opened this Wednesday night and the Aperture booth made its debut in the main salon! Many Aperture photographers from around the world stopped by, including Josef Koudelka, Susan Meiselas, Martin Parr, Michael Wolf and others below.

Celso Gonzalez-Falla, Aperture's Chairman of the Board, and Bill Hunt from Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery

Silvio Wolf and photo critic Gigliola Foschi

Michael Wolf and his son

Lesley Martin, Aperture Publisher, and Martin Parr

Visit the Aperture booth #A36 to see our stunning limited-edition print collection and newly released books. Don’t miss book signings every day with artists Lalla Essaydi, Michael Wolf, Bill Armstrong, Teun Hocks, Hank Willis Thomas, and Silvio Wolf and many more!

The third annual Look3 Festival of the Photograph, which celebrates photography with gallery shows, workshops, interviews with legendary photographers, and special outdoor exhibitions, will be held in historic downtown Charlottesville, VA, June 11-13, 2009.

The featured photographers for 2009 are: Martin Parr, Gilles Peress, and Sylvia Plachy.

LOOK3 also hosts workshops and project critique sessions for photographers of all skill levels. And this year, there are 10 Student Workshop Scholarships available to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in 2-4 year accredited programs. Deadline to apply is May 1, 2009.

See Martin Parr’s Aperture publications here.

See Gilles Peress’s Aperture publications here.

See Sylvia Plachy’s Aperture publications here.

The inauguration of President Barack Obama has been this week’s most popular topic. This event has spurred the creativity of many entrepreneurs who have brought us everything from Obama cupcakes, to Obama action figures, to Obama condoms that include instructions to “use with good judgment.”

In light of this momentous occasion, Aperture Foundation is thrilled to present a sneak preview of a special limited-edition portfolio in celebration of President Obama’s first steps as America’s 44th President.

The man behind these revealing prints is renowned Magnum photographer Martin Parr, who presents his own original and entertaining view on the subject through his collection of unusual objects.

Aperture, in collaboration with Janet Borden gallery, is offering a portfolio of four prints, available at special pre-publication price of $1,250, with an edition of 50 copies.

Click here to see the whole portfolio and to reserve your copy of this exclusive edition now.

World renowned Magnum photographer Martin Parr will be at The Strand book store to discuss and sign copies of his latest 2-volume publication Parrworld: Objects and Postcards. This book features a glimpse into the photographer’s personal collection of over 20,000 postcards and themed objects. Parr’s work is known for its often tongue-in-cheek commentaries on issues pertaining to modern society and consumerism. This beautiful box set would also make an excellent holiday gift!

Artist Talk and Book Signing
Tuesday, December 16, 6:30 p.m.

The Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway
New York, New York
(212) 473-1452
FREE

Magnum Holiday Book Party

Book signing and Reception
Monday, December 15, 2008, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street
New York, New York
(212) 505-5555

FREE

Join Aperture Monday evening as we host the Magnum Holiday Book Party, with over twenty Magnum photographers including Elliott Erwitt, Susan Meiselas, Martin Parr, Paul Fusco, Larry Towell, Martine Franck, Paolo Pellegrin, Richard Kalvar, Mark Power, Peter Marlow, and many more. Limited-edition prints, rare and new books will be available for purchase. A special gift book by Alec Soth is included with every purchase.

Photo by Martin Parr

Aperture Foundation’s Annual Benefit & Auction is next week! Photographer William Christenberry will be honored and there will be silent and live auctions. Over 60 amazing photographs will be available at the auctions, including work from Christenberry,  Mitch Epstein, Pamela Hanson, Richard Misrach, Gabriel Orozco, Martin Parr, Stephen Shore, Paul Strand, Dan Winters, Carrie Mae Weems, Garry Winogrand, and more. See all the auction items here.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
Pier 60, Chelsea Piers
New York, New York

6:30–8:00 p.m. Cocktails and Silent Auction
8:00–10:00 p.m. Dinner, Live Auction, and Award Ceremony

All proceeds benefit Aperture Foundation’s publications, exhibitions, and public programs at Aperture Gallery and at other venues worldwide.

A few tickets are still available. Email mgrasso@aperture.org for availability.

You can already feel Autumn on the way in New York and Aperture’s Fall season of books is in full swing. Now available for sale are the titles listed here, Erwin Olaf, Paul Fusco: RFK, The Places We Live, photographs by Jonas Bendiksen, Parrworld: Objects and Postcards, by Martin Parr, and Invasion 68: Prague, photographs by Josef Koudelka coinciding with the exhbiition soon to be on view at Aperture Gallery and Pace MacGill Gallery. To see upcoming titles view our Fall Preview.

At the New York Photo Festival, the Aperture Presents lecture In Conversation: Martin Parr and Erik Kessels was quite hilarious and intriguing.

Parr and Kessels took turns discussing the different bodies of work that explore their personal taste and ways of looking at photography, and what image research is like today using a range of sources from flea markets, to Flickr, to eBay.

Parr also spoke of his upcoming book release Parr World: Objects and Postcards (Aperture and Chris Boot Ltd.) due out August 2008. He claimed, “I wish my life was sponsored by eBay,” while discussing how he acquires eccentric ephemera such as Saddam Hussein watches and Spice Girl candy bars.

Erik Kessels describes how he uses vernacular imagery in advertising campaigns.

Parr discusses his series of self portraits that are taken all over the world. You can see more of these at the Magnum website.

Kessels revealed the story behind one of the books included in Aperture’s limited-edition boxed set, In Almost Every Picture. In the series above, a taxi travels throughout Europe with a nameless passenger. Kessels tracked down the driver in the Netherlands and discovered that the passenger, who was unable to walk, would hire the driver to take her to various countries and photograph her on their sojourns.

Parr self portrait

Kessels shares the tale of Oolong the talented rabbit and its blog. Kessels exhibited these images in a series titled Loving Your Pictures.

Read Telegraph article here.