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Malala Andrialavidrazana Redraws the Map
In photographs and photomontages, the Madagascar-born artist considers the global reverberations of African culture. By Missla Libsekal and Sonia Recasens Malala Andrialavidrazana, Figures 1889,...
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Délio Jasse’s Endless Archive
Looking to vintage photographs and alternative processes, an Angolan Portuguese artist engages the infinite possibilities of an image. By Paula Nascimento Délio Jasse, The Lost Chapter, Nampula, 1963,...
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Raw Land
How are artists rethinking documentary in North Africa? By Morad Montazami Zineb Sedira, Haunted House, 2006 © the artist and DACS, London, and courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris/London If we...
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In Cameroon, A New Platform for Emerging Photographers
Max Mbakop, from the BMX series, 2016. Courtesy the artist and YaPhoto Yvon Ngassam, from the Bandjoun series, 2017. Courtesy the artist and YaPhoto Steve Mvondo, from the series Crown of Beauty,...
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A Readymade World in the Heart of the Country
In a studio outside of Cape Town, photographer Nico Krijno refashions sculpture and performance. By Matthew Leifheit Nico Krijno, Edible plants growing outside my studio, 2016 Courtesy the artist...
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Can African Critics Rewrite the Story of African Photography?
M. Neelika Jayawardane speaks with Emmanuel Iduma about the influential role—and responsibility—of art criticism in Africa today. Namsa Leuba, Untitled I, 2011, from the series Cocktail Courtesy the...
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The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
In searing and poetic images, Andrew Tshabangu chronicles Johannesburg in the age of democracy. By Bongani Madondo Andrew Tshabangu, Portrait of a Young Thwasa, from the series Bridges, 2008Courtesy...
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In Rwanda and Europe, Images of Creativity and Survival
Amelia Umuhire, still from Mugabo, 2016Courtesy the artist Amelia Umuhire’s fictional web series Polyglot (2015) explores the lives of young black artists in Europe. The cinematic series is set in...
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Is Fashion Modern?
MoMA’s first fashion exhibition in seventy years is all about icons, accessories, and objects of desire. By Paola Antonelli and Michelle Millar Fisher Photograph by Bobby Doherty, 2017© the artist “It...
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Art and Activism in a Contested Democracy
In spring 2017, Sarah Lewis, guest editor of Aperture magazine’s “Vision & Justice” issue, led a series of classes at the Brooklyn Public Library on the relationship between photography,...
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For Durimel, Black Humanity is Not a Fashion Trend
The young photography duo Jalan and Jibril Durimel are transforming the fashion world’s visions of beauty. By Antwaun Sargent Jalan & Jibril Durimel, Bigger then, Bigger Glenn, 2017Courtesy the...
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Gender Is a Playground
From Aperture’s “Future Gender” issue, Zackary Drucker and Kate Bornstein discuss pioneers, politics, and the next frontier in gender expression. Zackary Drucker and Kate Bornstein, Brooklyn, 2017...
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Beauty in the Eye of the Storm
Inside the ACLU, two trans artists stage a secret photo shoot—and question the attitudes of liberal institutions. By Jenna Wortham Amos Mac and Juliana Huxtable, Liberty, 2013Courtesy the artists...
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Framing Justice
How do photographs tell the story of citizenship in the United States? Sarah Lewis, guest editor of Aperture magazine’s summer 2016 issue, “Vision & Justice,” recently asked this question to her...
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No Country for Young Men
In a society with strict definitions of manhood, how are photographers portraying Iranian masculinity? By Haleh Anvari Abbas Kowsari, Tehran/Azadi Stadium, April 22, 2006, from the series Masculinity...
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Bruce Jackson: On the Inside
When a folklorist set out to document life in American prisons, he found the enduring segregation of the Old South. By Brian Wallis Bruce Jackson, Texas and Arkansas prison photographs, 1965–78Courtesy...
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A Startling Discovery at San Quentin
Ear Hustle podcast creator Nigel Poor uncovers a trove of photographs at California’s most infamous prison. By Rebecca Bengal Photographer unknown, WH Woodside, CO Fight, April 8, 1961Courtesy Nigel...
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Truth and Reconciliation
What does it mean to confront the history of racial violence in the United States? In a wide-ranging conversation, Bryan Stevenson and Sarah Lewis discuss images, power, and justice. Bryan Stevenson at...
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Man Ray as You Don’t Know Him
Rediscovering the surrealist artist’s Unconcerned Photographs. By Simon Baker Man Ray, Unconcerned Photograph, 1959© Man Ray Trust/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London In 1960, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)...
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Sofia Coppola on Pictures
The acclaimed director reveals the photographs that inspired her films. By Philip Gefter Paul Jasmin, Laura, Los Angeles, 2009Courtesy the artist and WM Artist Management “I never thought I would be a...
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