“Welcome to the Gerry and John show” Aperture editor Denise Wolff stated in her introduction to Gerry Badger and John Gossage’s recent conversation at Aperture Foundation. Both Badger and Gossage have each been in the field of fine art photography for over thirty years and established acclaimed careers. Gerry Badger as a critic and author whom has written for dozens of periodicals and coauthored with Martin Parr The Photobook: A History, Volumes I and II, and John Gossage as a photographer with seventeen published photo books and work in several public collections.  They also happen to be old friends. Take a listen to this podcast of Badger and Gossage discussing The Pleasures of Good Photographs.

Click the links below to listen to the Gerry Badger and John Gossage Podcast:

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Gerry Badger’s recent book of essays The Pleasures of Good Photographs compiles the writer’s evocative meditations on thought provoking classic and contemporary images by a range of photographers from Dorothea Lange and Eugéne Atget to Martin Parr, Luc Delahaye, Susan Lipper, and Paul Graham.

Also this Fall Aperture will be reissuing John Gossage’s classic title, The Pond.

Western Larch Seedlings by Eirik Johnson

Eirik Johnson’s homage to the landscape and communities of the Pacific Northwest, Sawdust Mountain, is on view at Aperture Gallery through June 10th. For your viewing pleasure, now an accompanying podcast can be easily downloaded to enjoy an exhibition tour narrated by the photographer himself who shares the compelling stories of his subjects.

Click here to download Sawdust Mountain Podcast

Click here to purchase Eirik Johnson’s monograph Sawdust Mountain

Click here to read about the Sawdust Mountain exhibit in Artforum’s Critic Picks

Now available for download, Aperture Gallery offers a FREE audio tour podcast of our current exhibitions The Transparent City and Private Views, given by the artists themselves. Listen as Michael Wolf explains his process and anecdotes from his work in Chicago creating The Transparent City and Barbara Crane speaks about her experiences at Chicago festivals where she took her polaroids for Private Views. Both are available by clicking the above image.