Will America’s National Monuments Survive the Trump Administration?
David Benjamin Sherry’s spectacular photographs of contested lands. By Bill McKibben David Benjamin Sherry, Río Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico, 2018 Courtesy the artist and Salon 94...
View ArticleA Japanese Photographer’s Encounters with Natural Disasters
Eight years after a devastating tsunami, Lieko Shiga investigates Japan’s haunted landscapes. By Amanda Maddox Lieko Shiga, from the series Human Spring, 2018–19Courtesy the artist Death, like the...
View ArticleThe Photographer Giving New Life to Ocean Plastic
Along the coast of South Africa, Thirza Schaap collects discarded bottles and shopping bags to create fanciful sculptures. By Sara Knelman Thirza Schaap, Sunday stroll, from the series Plastic Ocean,...
View ArticleForeigners in a Foreign Land
Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross travel to Peru in search of connections to nature. By Emmanuel Iduma Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross, Untitled, from the series Tamamuri, 2018–ongoing Courtesy the...
View ArticleCalifornia on Fire
Carolyn Drake’s photographs of the 2018 wildfires point to the human role in creating a new, terrifying normal. By William Finnegan Carolyn Drake, Forest view at sunset, two months after the Ferguson...
View ArticleTilda Swinton Guest Edits Aperture’s “Orlando” Issue
Vivane Sassen, from the series Venus & Mercury, 2019 © the artist and courtesy Stevenson, Cape Town and Johannesburg. All sculptures belong to Musée du Louvre and Château de Versailles Virginia...
View ArticleRosalyne Blumenstein and the Art of Living
In her newest series, artist and activist Zackary Drucker pays homage to a trans icon. By Susan Stryker Zackary Drucker, Rosalyne, 2019, for ApertureCourtesy the artist and Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles...
View ArticleThe Two South African Artists Who Can Be “Anything” They Want
Jamal Nxedlana travels through Johannesburg with the gender-defying artist duo FAKA. By Milisuthando Bongela Jamal Nxedlana, FAKA Portraits, Johannesburg, 2019, for Aperture Courtesy the artist “Can we...
View ArticleOrlando Now
Inspired by Virginia Woolf, Mickalene Thomas imagines a classic, gender-crossing heroine as a fashion muse for the twenty-first century. By Antwaun Sargent Mickalene Thomas, Untitled, Orlando, 2019,...
View ArticleFather Figure
Masahisa Fukase transformed the ritual of the family portrait into a source of play—and a memento mori. By Tomo Kosuga Masahisa Fukase, From the upper left: model A, Toshiteru, Sukezo, Masahisa. From...
View ArticleVenus & Mercury
Roaming the halls of Versailles, Viviane Sassen’s new photomontages consider royal intrigue and the limitless potential of the human condition. By Jerry Stafford Viviane Sassen, Venus & Mercury,...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Aperture’s “Mexico City” Issue
Iñaki Bonillas, Adiós fotografía (Bye bye photography), Mexico City (detail), 2018 Courtesy the artist and Kurimanzutto, Mexico City/New York Ghost-like hands reach out from a dark background and...
View ArticleGraciela Iturbide: Dreams & Visions
The life and work of Latin America’s most revered photographer. By Ramón Reverté Graciela Iturbide, Self-Portrait at My House, 1974 Courtesy the artist For more than fifty years, Graciela Iturbide,...
View ArticleSpiral City
In the 1990s, a group of inventive young artists remade Mexico’s capital as a backdrop for experiments in photography, film, and performance. (Visita gatopardo.com para leer este artículo en español.)...
View ArticleA History of Violence
How can women photographers represent Mexico’s disappeared? (Visita gatopardo.com para leer este artículo en español.) Maya Goded and Mayra Martell in Conversation with Marcela Turati Maya Goded,...
View ArticleAn Index of Mexico City’s Skin
Pablo López Luz traces volcanic rock from the days of the Aztecs to the rise of modernist architecture. (Visita gatopardo.com para leer este artículo en español.) By Álvaro Enrigue Pablo López Luz,...
View ArticleOn the Cover: Wolfgang Tillmans Guest Edits Aperture’s “Spirituality” Issue
Wolfgang Tillmans, Flatsedge, 2019 Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/Hong Kong; Maureen Paley, London; and Galerie Buchholz, Cologne/Berlin “At this time I feel a strong need for the affirmation of...
View ArticleTania Franco Klein’s Magic Spells
Inspired by Mexico City’s Sonora Market, the photographer’s cinematic new series depicts an unshakeable belief in enchantment. (Visita gatopardo.com para leer este artículo en español.) By Chloe...
View ArticleGabriel Orozco Isn’t Interested in the Decisive Moment
For the Mexican artist, it’s all about the sculptural form—sweat, shadows, futons, and tortillas. (Visita gatopardo.com para leer este artículo en español.) By María Minera Gabriel Orozco, Buddha and...
View ArticleThe Strange and Hidden Worlds of Mexico City
Because of luck, serendipity, or absurd connection, Miguel Calderón’s photographs unlock the power of things in daily life. (Visita gatopardo.com para leer este artículo en español.) By María Virginia...
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