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Elle Pérez
In the Bronx, New Haven, and Baltimore, nightclubs are spaces of queer liberation. By Salamishah Tillet Elle Pérez, Karila, 2015 Courtesy the artist Euforia Latina. Bronx Underground. Autonomous queer...
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The Radical Power of the Black Feminine Gaze
Carrie Mae Weems’s unwavering vision sparks dialogue about violence, mourning, and strength. By Ladi’Sasha Jones Carrie Mae Weems, Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me – A Story in 5 Parts, 2012 © the artist and...
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Beyond Binary
What does photography offer the trans feminism movement? By Julia Bryan-Wilson Andrea Bowers, Trans Liberation: Beauty in the Street (Johanna Saavedra), 2016 Courtesy the artist and Andrew Kreps...
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Don’t Touch Our Hair
Coinciding with Aperture magazine’s “Vision & Justice” issue, students in Sarah Lewis’s Harvard University class “Vision & Justice: The Art of Citizenship” contributed essays on images of...
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Renée Cox: A Taste of Power
Renée Cox knows a thing or two about style. A former fashion model for Glamour and photographer for Essence, Cox had an early career in New York defined by the rapid pace of commercial assignments. In...
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Laurie Simmons and Molly Ringwald are Playing with the Big Boys
The iconic actress and legendary photographer talk about cameras, color, and what it means to be a woman in the arts. Laurie Simmons, The Love Doll/Day 30/Day 2 (Meeting), 2011 © the artist and...
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Notes on a Scandal
After weathering the media firestorm surrounding a series of provocative self-portraits, Lebanese photographer Rasha Kahil turns comments from online trolls into a powerful exhibition. By Rayya Badran...
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Our Bodies, Online
Feminist images in the age of Instagram. By Carmen Winant Petra Collins, from the series Selfie, 2013-2016 © the artist What are the qualifications of being a feminist artist today? This is an...
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Spotlight: Eli Durst
In Eritrea, a young photographer pursues a cinematic vision. By Alexandra Pechman Eli Durst, Photographer, from the series In Asmara, 2015Courtesy the artist Eli Durst spent his summers during high...
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The Kids Aren’t All Right
In a region where women are regarded as an economic burden, Gauri Gill photographs girls in acts of quiet daring. By Prajna Desai Gauri Gill, Virpal and Sunita, from the series Balika Mela, 2003/2010....
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Dispatches: Athens
A collective of artists reimagines contemporary Greece. By Maria Nicolacopoulou Georges Salameh, Broken Nose, 2012, from the series Spleen Courtesy the artist Art flourishes in times of adversity. In...
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Surreal Sexuality
In his staged, gel-lit nudes, Jimmy DeSana explored the body as object. By William J. Simmons Jimmy DeSana, Storage Boxes, 1980 Courtesy the Estate of Jimmy DeSana and Salon 94, New York Lit by raking...
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Command the Gaze
A girl-powered social media movement becomes an interactive exhibition. By M. Whiteford Amal Said, Purple, London, England, from the exhibition #girlgaze, 2016Courtesy the artist and the Annenberg...
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Work, Politics, Survival
Jo Spence rejected categorizing labels of her work and practice and preferred to wander. By Charlene Heath Jo Spence, Photo Therapy: My Mother as a War Worker (with Rosy Martin), 1984 © Terry Dennett...
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After the Avant-Garde
How has feminist photography changed since the 1970s? By Isabel Stevens Daniela Rossell, Medusa, from the series Ricas y famosas, 1999 © and courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York “Normally...
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Robert Cumming Invents the Photograph
Constructing sets that look functional but are intentionally useless, an artist parodies the seamless illusion of images. By Sarah Bay Gachot Robert Cumming, Watermelon/Bread,1970Courtesy the artist In...
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Sex Wars Revisited
An early platform for lesbian photography, On Our Backs was instrumental in shaping a culture of desire. By Laura Guy Leon Mostovoy, from the series Market Street Cinema, 1987-88© the artist “For years...
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America’s Destiny in Pictures
What is the role of the photographer in our new political order? Alejandro Cartagena, Nancy Isenberg, Fred Ritchin, Julian Stallabrass, Jose Antonio Vargas, Susan Meiselas, and Sarah Lewis respond....
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Witness: LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Kellie Jones
In photographs from Selma to Flint, the unfinished work of the civil rights movement. LaToya Ruby Frazier, Shea Cobb with her daughter, Zion, and her mother, Ms. Renée, outside the Social Network...
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Dispatches: Istanbul
In Istanbul’s photography scene, the anxious aftermath of a violent year. By Kaya Genç Charlie Kirk, Okmeydani, Istanbul, Berkin Elvan protest, 2013 Courtesy the artist “A photograph can be incredibly...
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