Aperture 184

Aperture Magazine, issue #184, Fall 2006.
Portfolios and Essays from Zalmaï, Rebecca Solnit and Katherine Wolkoff, Neil Selkirk, Vince Aletti, Edgar Martins and David Campany, Polixeni Papapetrou and Anonda Bell, Frederick Sommer and David Levi Strauss, Brian Wallis, Edward Earle, Christopher Phillips, Carol Squiers, and Joanna Lehan.

Afghanistan's Opium Wars
by Zalmaï
Zalmaï returns to his home country to explore its ongoing battle with opium.

Katherine Wolkoff: After the Storm
by Rebecca Solnit
Every few months since Hurricane Katrina, Wolkoff has visited New Orleans to record its ongoing recovery.

Washington Lobbyists
by Neil Selkirk
With his recent photographs, Selkirk brings these unseen players to the fore.

House and Garden
by Vince Aletti
Aletti looks at the early years of this venerable publication.

Listening to Photography: The Silence of Edgar Martins
by David Campany
Martin's quiet beach nightscapes are both inviting and enigmatic.

Polixeni Papapetrou's Haunted Country
by Anonda Bell
With her staged images of lost children, Papapetrou revisits Australia's colonial history.

"Words Not Spent Today Buy Smaller Images Tomorrow": Conversations wit Frederick Sommer
by David Levi Strauss
Strauss recalls enlightening meetings with Sommer.

Ecotopia: The Second ICP Triennial of Photography and Video
by Brian Wallis, Edward Earle, Christopher Phillips, Carol Squiers, and Joanna Lehan
A preview of the International Center of Photography's ambitious triennial exhibition, opening in September.