Buy this issue or subscribe and save. One year after New York City shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Aperture magazine releases “New York,” an extraordinary issue honoring the city through photographs and essays by ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe and save. This winter, in the wake of a pandemic, global protest movements, and a dramatic presidential election in the United States, Aperture releases “Utopia,” an issue that shows that other ways ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe and save.  This fall, as debates around nationalism and borders in North America reach a fever pitch, Aperture magazine releases “Native America,” a special issue about photography and Indigenous lives, guest edited ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe and save. Few works have impacted the world of photography like Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Published by Aperture in 1986, The Ballad retains an uncommon power with its unflinching ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe and save. How do homes serve as emblems of a moment, markers of the past, or articulations of future possibilities? The spring 2020 issue of Aperture considers the meanings and forms of domestic spaces, ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe and save. Wolfgang Tillmans guest edits the new issue of Aperture magazine, “Spirituality,” which features contributions by artists, scientists, and writers who examine the different ways photography has been used to represent humanity’s ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe. This fall, Aperture considers the thriving photography scene in Mexico City, North America’s largest metropolis. The fourth in Aperture’s series of city-focused issues—following São Paulo, Tokyo, and Los Angeles—“Mexico City” features leading ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe and save. For the summer 2019 issue of Aperture and the concurrent exhibition, guest editor Tilda Swinton draws upon the themes of Virginia Woolf’s prescient 1928 novel Orlando, revolutionary in both form ... Read more →

This spring, Aperture’s “Earth” issue considers the natural world in the age of climate change, extreme weather, and dramatically politicized landscapes. For the issue, Aperture commissioned Carolyn Drake to document the aftermath of recent wildfires in ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe. “The family photograph is a marker of myths,” Glen Helfand writes in Aperture’s Winter 2018 issue, “Family.” At a moment of conservative backlash to queer rights and of the separation of families ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe.  Aperture‘s “Los Angeles” issue explores how one of America’s most photographed cities is also an essential hub for some of today’s most important photography and photo-based art. Part of an ongoing series ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe. The summer issue of Aperture magazine considers the influence of photography on leading filmmakers, and the role of cinema in the work of artists and photographers. Featuring in-depth interviews with Sofia Coppola, Shirin Neshat, and Gus Van ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe. Most prisons and jails across the United States do not allow prisoners to have access to cameras. At a moment when 2.2 million people are incarcerated in the US, 3.8 million people ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe. The winter edition of Aperture magazine is a landmark issue dedicated to the representation of transgender lives, communities, and histories in photography. Guest edited by Zackary Drucker, the artist, activist, and producer ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe.  Aperture‘s “Elements of Style” issue investigates the role of style, dress, and beauty in the formation of individual identity. From the stunning studio work of Kwame Brathwaite, the Harlem-based photographer who advanced ... Read more →

Buy this issue or subscribe.  This summer, Aperture takes an in-depth look at the dynamic spaces that have shaped conversations about photography in Africa for the last twenty-five years—the biennials, experimental art spaces, and educational workshops in which artists and ... Read more →

“In this contentious moment in history, the stories we tell are a social responsibility.”–Sandra Cisneros How does the photographer navigate our new national order? As debates about the economic future of the United States continue into a ... Read more →

The winter issue of Aperture, “On Feminism,” arrives at a moment when the power and influence women hold on the world stage is irrefutable, and the very idea of gender is central to conversations about equality ... Read more →

The fall issue of Aperture magazine delves into the relationship between sound and image. How have photographers drawn inspiration from music? How have cultures of image making developed in tandem with music making? Whether capturing an ... Read more →

Aperture magazine honors the African American experience in a landmark issue. As the United States navigates a political moment defined by the close of the Obama era and the rise of #BlackLivesMatter activism, Aperture magazine releases “Vision & ... Read more →

The spring issue of Aperture magazine, “Odyssey,” features photography about voyages, journeys, and the captivating spell of wanderlust. WORDS—The sharpest ideas in photography Tacita Dean discusses her personal quests with writer Travis A. Diehl; Eric Banks traces the ... Read more →

This issue, a collaboration between Aperture and Performa, the nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in visual art, takes a capacious approach to considering the intersections of photography and performance. WORDS—The ... Read more →

Aperture Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Aperture Digital Archive, a fully searchable online resource containing every issue of Aperture magazine since its founding in 1952. Now, for the first time, users will ... Read more →

What compels someone to become a photographer? And what drives someone to continue to be one, pursuing the medium for as many as seven decades? How does a veteran photographer describe years of questioning politics, personal ... Read more →

The summer issue of Aperture, researched on-site in Tokyo, explores Tokyo’s role in the narrative of Japanese photography. The issue includes interviews with established Japanese photographers, articles on the history of photography in Japan, and portfolios by contemporary ... Read more →

The spring issue of Aperture presents a mix of new photographic work exploring questions of queer identity, as well as past figures and projects that are the subject of new research and curatorial work. WORDS—The sharpest ideas ... Read more →

In Aperture‘s “Lit.” issue, celebrated British novelist Tom McCarthy, remarking on the relationship of words and images, writes: “Perhaps in the end the difference between image and word isn’t relevant. Because ultimately it’s all scriptural… photography ... Read more →

The theme for Aperture‘s fall 2014 issue is “Fashion,” produced in collaboration with the groundbreaking fashion photography duo Inez & Vinoodh. The issue explores the role of image quotation and reference, which are part and parcel of ... Read more →

The summer 2014 issue of Aperture focuses on the dynamic photography scene in South America’s art capital, São Paulo. Aperture‘s editors worked onsite in São Paulo with guest editor Thyago Nogueira, head of the Contemporary Photography ... Read more →

The ground for documentary photographers has radically shifted over the last decade. How can socially minded storytellers adapt to this new terrain? Created in conjunction with Magnum Foundation and guest editor Susan Meiselas, Aperture‘s spring 2014 ... Read more →

In the winter 2013 issue of Aperture, titled “Photography as you don’t know it,” ten leading curators, historians, writers, and publishers introduce photographers they believe have been overlooked, or are undervalued, and deserve more attention today. ... Read more →

The fall 2013 issue of Aperture, the third featuring the magazine’s dramatic reconceptualization and redesign, is organized around the theme of “Playtime.” This issue explores how photography illuminates, facilitates, and participates in the many definitions of ... Read more →

The Summer 2013 issue of Aperture, the second featuring the magazine’s dramatic reconceptualization and redesign, is organized around the theme of “Curiosity.” Contributors examine photography’s relationship to such subjects as exploration, scientific discovery, and ways of ... Read more →

For the first time in more than a decade, Aperture magazine has been reconceived and redesigned. The new Aperture will have more pages, smart new columns, and will continue to feature beautifully reproduced portfolios and insightful ... Read more →