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aperture. org > editorial > new-yorks-sidewalks-are-his-studio

Louis Mendes Photographs Nine Days a Week

1+ hour, 24+ min ago  (146+ words) For decades, Louis Mendes and his press camera have been a staple of the city's street life. This afternoon, a middle-aged Black man with a camera around his neck approaches to shake Mendes's hand. He tells him he grew up…...

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aperture. org > editorial > 6-photographers-on-lee-friedlanders-timeless-influence

6 Photographers on Lee Friedlander's Timeless Influence

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (177+ words) How do Friedlander's disorienting visions of the United States continue to endure and delight? The wallpaper hums across the surface, its dense pattern recalling Friedlander's chain-link fences'that familiar screen through which the world is both revealed and withheld. Frilly curtains…...

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aperture. org > events > the-continuity-of-kinship

The Continuity of Kinship | Aperture Events

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (86+ words) This event is included with museum admission. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. This program is free and open to the public. The artist has squatted in an abandoned Parisian hotel, worked as a nosy chambermaid, and followed…...

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self-portrait-hard-feelings-2017-solo-show-2025_2026-edit

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (38+ words) aperture. org Lead Supporters Partners Vision & Justice New Home Staff Board of Trustees Advertising Jobs Distribution Host an Exhibition Lead Supporters Partners Vision & Justice Capital Campaign New Home...

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aperture. org > press-release > aperture-releases-lee-friedlander-life-still

Aperture Releases'Lee Friedlander: Life Still

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (118+ words) New Monograph Featuring Many Previously Unpublished Images Captures the Irony and Complexity of American Life, Past and Present This book was made possible with generous support from David Dechman, Michel Mercure, and Jeffrey Fraenkel. Lee Friedlander: Life Still is published…...

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aperture. org > editorial > a-sacred-forest-with-a-secret-history

A Photographer Conjures the Secret History of a Sacred Forest

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (86+ words) This article originally appeared in Aperture No. 262, "The End of Nature?" The Remains of a Handmade Utopia Hashem Shakeri's Portrait of a Climate Hotspot in Iran John Chiara Illuminates the World's Simple Mysteries A Bittersweet Ode to the Teenagers of…...

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aperture. org > editorial > announcing-the-2026-aperture-portfolio-prize-shortlist

Announcing the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (290+ words) The shortlisted artists for the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize are: Olivia Crumm constructs a world that oscillates between the surreal and the everyday to process grief, loss, and family history. Her series Wake grapples with the reverberations caused by mourning'and what…...

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aperture. org > events > photo-assembly-photographic-practices

Photo Assembly: Photographic Practices | Aperture Events

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (180+ words) This event is free, but capacity is limited. Attendees should register in advance. Reserve your seat here. Kimowan Metchewais: A Kind of Prayer Mo Costello is an artist and educator drawn to the social life of objects. Mo's working practice…...

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aperture. org > event > photocarmel-2026-a-celebration-of-photography-on-the-central-coast-kelli-connell-and-dr-rebecca-senf-in-conversation

Photo Carmel 2026: A Celebration of Photography on the Central Coast | Kelli Connell and Dr. Rebecca Senf in Conversation

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (50+ words) Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis The Paris-based duo talks about what inspires them, from August Sander to scooter riders in Hanoi. Lead Supporters Partners Vision & Justice New Home Staff Board of Trustees Advertising Jobs Distribution Host an Exhibition Lead Supporters…...

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aperture. org > editorial > in-greenland-an-extraordinary-view-of-everyday-encounters

In Greenland, a Photographer's Extraordinary View of Everyday Encounters

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (613+ words) Inuuteq Storch, from the series Soon Will Summer Be Over, 2023 Paul: But you didn't? Paul: What did that feel like to come back and to put this together at Mo MA PS1? Storch: It was very good to see. I was…...