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To mark Aperture ’s return to a US-based printer, we present an
issue that reflects on the image of American manufacturing, from
the automobile as a symbol of the rise and fall of domestic
industry, to how the worker, as subject, has fascinated
photographers, from Lewis Hine to Lee Friedlander. A series of
portfolios by contemporary photographers portray daily life in
regional cities and communities, such as Pittsburgh and Buffalo. As
debates continue about the country’s economic future and the
outsourcing of jobs, this issue offers an urgent reflection on
life, work, and pursuit of happiness, in the USA today. Aperture
magazine is an essential guide to the art and phenomenon of
photography, that combines the smartest writing with beautifully
reproduced portfolios. Published quarterly, each issue focuses on a
major theme in contemporary photography, serving as a book about
its subject, for everyone interested in understanding where
photography is heading. With fresh perspectives on the medium by
leading writers and thinkers, and beautifully designed and
produced, Aperture magazine makes new ideas in photography
accessible to the photographer, student, and the culturally-
curious alike.
"Family" delves into the ways photographers have chronicled their
relationships with those closest to them, be it immediate family or
their community of friends. Aperture magazine is an essential guide
to the art and phenomenon of photography, that combines the
smartest writing with beautifully reproduced portfolios. Published
quarterly, each issue focuses on a major theme in contemporary
photography, serving as a book about its subject, for everyone
interested in understanding where photography is heading. With
fresh perspectives on the medium by leading writers and thinkers,
and beautifully designed and produced, Aperture magazine makes new
ideas in photography accessible to the photographer, student, and
the culturally curious alike.
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Aperture 235 (Paperback)
Michael Famighetti
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Virginia Woolf 's prescient 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a
young nobleman who, during the era of Elizabeth I, mysteriously
shifts gender, and lives on for three centuries without aging.
Today, Orlando remains startlingly fresh for its playful imagining
of gender fluidity. In 1992, filmmaker Sally Potter released an
adaptation of the book with Tilda Swinton carrying the film as
Orlando. Woolf 's tale has continued to hold sway over Swinton, who
describes the book's ability "to change like a magic mirror. Where
I once assumed it was a book about eternal youth, I now see it as a
book about growing up, about learning to live." This special issue
of Aperture magazine, guest edited by Swinton, will draw upon the
themes of the novel-gender, indeterminate space, and the passage of
time-and offer readers a collection of images and writings that
celebrate openness and curiosity, in contrast to a contemporary
political moment of insurgent parochialism and divisiveness. "Woolf
wrote Orlando," Swinton notes, "in an attitude of celebration of
the oscillating nature of existence. She believed the creative mind
to be androgynous. I have come to see Orlando far less as being
about gender than about the flexibility of the fully awake and
sensate spirit: as Orlando him/herself so memorably remarks at the
critical moment of transformation: 'Same person, different sex: no
difference at all.' The issue of Aperture, then, will be a salute
to indetermination. Peopled by voices and visions of artists and
writers who are kaleidoscopically wired."
Why did Henri Cartier-Bresson nearly have a posthumous exhibition
while still alive? What led Stephen Shore to work with color? Why
was Sophie Calle accused of stealing Vermeer's The Concert ? And
what is Susan Meiselas's take on Instagram and the future of online
storytelling? Aperture Conversations presents a selection of
interviews pulled from Aperture's publishing history, highlighting
critical dialogue between photographers, esteemed critics,
curators, editors, and artists from 1985 to the present day.
Emerging talent along with well-established photographers discuss
their work openly and examine the future of the medium. Through the
history of Aperture's booklist, online platform, and Aperture
magazine, Aperture Conversations celebrates the artist's voice,
collaborations, and the photography community at large.
A detailed 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 audiences interact with photography.
Platform: Africa presents a new generation of powerful artists, and
is produced in collaboration with guest editors Bisi Silva, Founder
and Artistic Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos,
Nigeria; John Fleetwood, director of the South Africa-based
platform Photo and former head of the Market Photo Workshop in
Johannesburg; and Aicha Diallo, Associate Editor of Contemporary
And.
Elements of Style 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 the potent political slogan "Black Is Beautiful," to
Collier Schorr's representations of the queer community in fashion
contexts, to Pieter Hugo's portraits of young students at a Beijing
art school, this issue reveals, across time and geographies, how
fashion and style help us to see who we are and who we might
become. Aperture magazine is an essential guide to the art and
phenomenon of photography, that combines the smartest writing with
beautifully reproduced portfolios. Published quarterly, each issue
focuses on a major theme in contemporary photography, serving as a
book about its subject, for everyone interested in understanding
where photography is heading. With fresh perspectives on the medium
by leading writers and thinkers, and beautifully designed and
produced, Aperture magazine makes new ideas in photography
accessible to the photographer, student, and the culturally curious
alike.
If the year 2020 has resembled a disquieting sci-fi plot or a
sinister speculative work, this year has also shown us that other
ways of living are possible—if the collective will exists. But is
it naive to speak of utopia today? In this issue, artists,
photographers, and writers envision a world without prisons,
document visionary architecture, honor queer space and creativity,
and dream of liberty through spiritual self-expression. They show
us that utopia is not a far-fetched scheme, or a “no place”
(the literal meaning of the word utopia), but rather a way of
reconsidering the everyday. Salamishah Tillet considers Tyler
Mitchell’s portraits of Black people resting in open green space,
while Sara Knelman shows the liberatory possibilities of feminist
collage work of Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, Sara Cwynar, and
Alanna Fields. From Afro-Futurist aesthetics to the eco-idealism of
Biosphere 2, “Utopia” issue explores the role of photographs in
shaping our future.
Aperture issue 229 will explore photography as it relates to
transgender lives, histories, and communities. Guest edited by
Zackary Drucker, the artist, activist, and producer of the
television series Transparent , the issue will feature archival
work and new photography by leading contemporary photographers.
In a time of hyperactive communication, unending consumerism, and
political confusion, Wolfgang Tillmans guest-edits an issue of
Aperture on the subject of spirituality and its connection to
solidarity. "People are touched and moved by experiences of genuine
solidarity," Tillmans notes. "Solidarity describes a degree of
selflessness, or experiences that remind people of values higher
than the pure mate-rialistic culture we're in." This issue,
featuring contributions by leading artists, scientists,
novelists,and philosophers, will look at different ways of
considering humanity's longing for spiritual connection-from the
shared sense of purpose behind global mass protests, to the
collective spirit of the dance floor, to how image-makers have
strived to visualize the intangible and the inexplicable. Key
features include: a look at the role of spiritualism in the work of
Minor White, Aperture's founding editor; esteemed physicist Peter
Galison on the recent landmark image of a black hole; David
Swindells's chronicle of underground rave culture in London;
Siddhartha Mitter on images of protests in Hong Kong, Cairo, and
Standing Rock; a collaborative project by Olivia Laing and Mary
Manning; Sean O'Toole on Santu Mofokeng and South Africa's
spiritual landscapes; plus portfolios by Susan Hiller, Mare Nero,
Harit Srikhao, and more
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 a home, and the
relationships between architecture, design, and the domestic realm.
From interviews with leading architects-such as David Adjaye,
Denise Scott Brown, and Annabelle Selldorf-and a reconsideration of
the irreverent interiors magazine Nest, to previously unpublished
work by Robert Adams and new portfolios by artists including
Alejandro Cartagena, Fumi Ishino, Mauro Restiffe, and the duo
Randhir Singh and Seher Shah, House & Home considers the
concepts of home across diverse geographies and time periods.
Published in 1986, Nan Goldin’s Ballad of Sexual Dependency, with its fresh, unflinching portrayal of the photographer’s circle of friends, dramatically changed the course of photography. Decades on, the series retains its searing power, influencing new generations of artists. Goldin herself remains a bold, singular force in our culture. Recently, she has taken on the Sackler family, shining a light on their role in creating America’s opioid crisis. Goldin’s trenchant activism is a reminder of the artist’s power to effect social change. The Ongoing Ballad issue of Aperture magazine is organized around the themes contained within the original ballad―intimacy, friendship, community, love, sex, trauma, music―while also honoring the urgent role of the artist as a force for cultural and social change.
The latest in a series of city-based issues, Mexico City profiles
the dynamic photographic culture of Mexico’s capital, home to a
thriving contemporary art scene, revered photography institutions,
and world-class museums. From icons Lola Álvarez Bravo, Tina
Modotti, and Graciela Iturbide to the most exciting figures at work
today, the issue presents a range of photography as well as Mexican
and Latin American writers—both veterans and newcomers—to an
international audience.
The Native America issue, edited in collaboration with the artist
Wendy Red Star, considers the wide-ranging work of photographers
and lens-based artists who are posing challenging questions about
land rights, narratives of identity and heritage, and histories of
colonialism at a moment when debates around nationalism and borders
in North America are deeply contested. With contributions by
Indigenous photographers, scholars, writers, and curators-including
Rebecca Belmore, Natalie Diaz, Martine Gutierrez, Duane Linklater,
Terese Marie Mailhot, Wanda Nanibush, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and
Tommy Pico-the issue will look into the historic, often fraught
relationship between photography and Native representation, while
also offering new perspectives by emerging artists who are engaged
with defining what it means to be a citizen in North America today.
This issue of Aperture considers the natural world in the age of
climate change, extreme weather, and dramatically politicized
landscapes. Earth focuses on our relationship with the natural
world, during a moment of continued debate about global warming and
extreme weather, and as the vulnerability of our natural
environment is underscored each day. As we enter the anthropocene,
the term used by scientists to describe an age when human activity
has the greatest impact on the earth, what is the role of the
artist and culture in addressing this crisis? How do photographers
honor and draw inspiration from the natural world? How do
aesthetics shape our understanding of ecological concerns? This
issue features contributions by writers and photographers including
Charlotte Cotton, T.J. Demos, Carolyn Drake, William Finnegan, Bill
McKibben, Gideon Mendel, Aveek Sen, David Benjamin Sherry, Lieko
Shiga, Thomas Struth, Bruno V. Roels, and Vasantha Yogananthan.
As part of Aperture magazine's ongoing series of issues that
profile the photographic culture of a particular city, the "Los
Angeles" issue will explore how one of America's most photogenic
cities is also an essential hub for some of today's most important
photography and photo-based art. "Los Angeles" will feature key
figures in the city's photography community and portfolios by
figures who continue a conceptual tradition long associated with
the city's art scene.
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