Aperture

Throughout his prolific career, the wildly inventive photographer Duane Michals showed a fascination with dreaming, desire, and fate—and embraced photography’s failures.

Duane Michals Had No Regrets The wildly inventive photographer on his prescient career, his fascination with dreaming, and how he embraced photography’s failures.

Executive Director Sarah Meister looks ahead to the opening of Aperture’s permanent space at 380 Columbus Avenue, a place to gather, share ideas, and engage with photography.

Aperture Welcomes the Public to Its New Home This September Our executive director Sarah Meister looks ahead to the opening of Aperture’s permanent space at 380 Columbus Avenue.

In a conversation from her new book “Currents,” Dionne Lee speaks about the interwoven histories of land, power, survival, and Black identity.

Dionne Lee Is Reinventing the Landscape Photograph In "Dionne Lee: Currents," the photographer speaks about the interwoven histories of land, power, survival, and Black identity.

Winner of the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize, the photographer Aaryan Sinha twists familiar clichés into an exploration of what it means to feel estranged from one’s homeland.

Aaryan Sinha’s Iconoclastic Views of India Winner of the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize, Sinha twists familiar clichés into an exploration of what it means to feel estranged.

Daniel Arnold, Sara Cwynar, Stephen Shore and others consider how Friedlander’s disorienting visions of the United States continue to endure.

6 Photographers on Lee Friedlander’s Timeless Influence Daniel Arnold, Sara Cwynar, Stephen Shore and others consider how Friedlander’s disorienting visions of the United States continue to endure.

In Tamil Nadu, Gayatri Ganju photographed the Indigenous Kurumba people and listened to their stories—and was allowed to take one out into the world.

A Photographer Conjures the Secret History of a Sacred Forest From Aperture's Spring 2026 issue: In Tamil Nadu, Gayatri Ganju photographed the Indigenous Kurumba people and listened to their stories.

For over fifty years, Graciela Iturbide has brought a poetic and deeply human vision to her photographs of Mexico and beyond.

“Graciela Iturbide: Photographs from Colecciones Fundación Mapfre” is on view at San Diego Museum of Art through June 7, 2026. https://www.sdmart.org/exhibition/graciela-iturbide-photographs-from-colecciones-fundacion-mapfre/

Here are the shortlisted artists for the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.

Announcing the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist

In the wooded enclaves of Northern California, Michael Schmelling documents what’s left of the 1960s back-to-the-land movement.

The Remains of a Handmade Utopia

The Italian photographer and Renaissance man Guido Guidi channels his training as an architect, painter, and draughtsman into quiet studies of European towns and landscapes.

The World According to Guido Guidi The Italian photographer and Renaissance man channels his training as an architect, painter, and draughtsman into quiet studies of European towns and landscapes.