Carrie Mae Weems Gets to the Heart of the Matter

The artist reflects on how ideas of history, identity, and power have always informed her acclaimed photography.

A Sacred Forest with a Secret History

In Tamil Nadu, Gayatri Ganju photographed the Indigenous Kurumba people and listened to their stories—and was allowed to take one out into the world.

Portfolio Prize

Announcing the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

Here are the shortlisted artists for Aperture’s annual award, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.

Portfolios

The Remains of a Handmade Utopia

Portfolios

Hashem Shakeri’s Portrait of a Climate Hotspot in Iran

Essays

Takuma Nakahira’s Essential Writing on Photography

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Private Walk-Through: Dean Majd’s Hard Feelings

Tuesday, March 31

Black Frontiers: Rahim Fortune and Nicole R. Fleetwood in Conversation

Monday, April 6, 7:00 p.m. EDT

Aperture at AIPAD 2026

Wednesday, April 22 - Sunday, April 26

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Dean Majd’s Intimate Reckoning with Masculinity

For ten years, the photographer chronicled the revelry and grief of his friends, making a definitive series about youth in New York.

The World According to Guido Guidi

The Italian photographer and Renaissance man channels his training as an architect, painter, and draughtsman into quiet studies of European towns and landscapes.

Lemaire’s Designers on the Narrative Power of Clothes

The Paris-based duo talks about what inspires them, from August Sander to scooter riders in Hanoi.

Jack Pierson Revisits His Miami Moment

Forty years after a formative stay in South Beach, Pierson returns to Miami for an exhibition of his photographs and paintings—and recreates the bed he once slept in.

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