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Issues of Intimacy, Distance, and Disavowal in Writing About Deana Lawson’s Work

by Steven Nelson June 4, 2018June 5, 2018

The story of this essay, its rejection by the artist and her gallery, and by Aperture and Frieze raise critical questions about the relationship between living artists and critical mechanisms for evaluating their work.

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A Photographer Who Uses Color to Hint at Her Own Presence

by Seph Rodney June 9, 2017

The latest issue of Aperture focuses on Africa and features strong, colorful images by the Kenyan photographer Mimi Cherono Ng’ok.

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Unpacking the Relationship Between Images and Social Justice

by Seph Rodney May 24, 2017June 16, 2021

In a recent course at the Brooklyn Public Library, professor Sarah E. Lewis asked: how have images both limited and liberated our definition of citizenship?

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The Politics of Seeing, Being, and Visibility in Photography

by Seph Rodney June 20, 2016June 20, 2016

It doesn’t seem right to call the latest issue of Aperture — its first issue dedicated to African American lives as represented by the medium of photography — a magazine. It is a powerhouse book; it does so much heavy lifting.

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Picturing the Transfigurations of Fashion

by Alexander Cavaluzzo October 1, 2014October 1, 2014

“Fashion” can be characterized as many things: a business, a craft, a lifestyle. At its core, though, it’s a visual culture that embodies one very important quality: transfiguration.

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