Aperture Gallery - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Aperture Gallery. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion” Exhibition
Photographs by Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne...More »
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Gail Albert Halaban “The Audubon Mural Project”
More than 350 species of birds pass through New York City each year, seeking out scattered patches of the city’s greenery. Today, more than one hundred are more permanent residents, painted on the walls...More »
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“Delirious Cities” Exhibition
This Thursday night, Aperture reveals Delirious Cities, the sixth annual Summer Open exhibition at Aperture Gallery, featuring twenty-three artists from fourteen countries working in photography, video,...More »
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“Orlando” Exhibition
For the summer 2019 issue of Aperture and a coinciding exhibition, Swinton, as guest editor and curator, draws upon the central themes of the novel—gender fluidity, consciousness without limits, and the...More »
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“Beyond Boundaries: LensCulture Discoveries in Contemporary Photography” Exhibition
With seventy-seven participating photographers hailing from over twenty-seven countries, this exhibition is a visual reflection of the beating hearts and curious minds of LensCulture’s vibrant community....More »
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“Aperture Photographs” Exhibition
Aperture Photographs follows the evolution of Aperture Foundation through a showcase of photographs from its print and fundraising programs, made over a period of fifty years. The limited-edition print...More »
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Ka-Man Tse “narrow distances”
Each of Ka-Man Tse’s carefully orchestrated images suggests an oblique narrative. Her protagonists appear in quiet moments of introspection: Two men embrace against the imposing Hong Kong skyline, spiked...More »
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Chloe Dewe Mathews “Caspian: The Elements”
Essays by Morad Montazami, Sean O’Hagan, and Arnold van Bruggen “Dewe Mathews’s images portray ordinary lives caught up in the surge to modernity that oil, the most potent natural resource, has precipitated...More »
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Guadalupe Rosales “Legends Never Die, A Collective Memory”
Guadalupe Rosales has been building an archive of vernacular photographs and ephemera connected to Latinx culture in Los Angeles. Her projects exist as both archives of physical objects and crowdsourced...More »
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“Refocus” Exhibition
Refocus, an exhibition at Aperture Foundation spotlighting three midcareer photographers who were provided grants by WeTransfer, which will be on display this September at Aperture in New York. Selected...More »
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“2018 Aperture Summer Open: The Way We Live Now” Exhibition
How do photographs express a moment of rapid change in society, politics, beauty, and self-expression? Selected from more than one thousand submissions, the 2018 Aperture Summer Open, The Way We Live Now,...More »
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RaMell Ross “South County, AL (a Hale County)”
Aperture presents an exhibition of photographs and a private one-night screening of the work of photographer and filmmaker RaMell Ross, as featured in Aperture magazine #231, “Film & Foto”, dedicated...More »
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Taysir Batniji “Home Away from Home”
“The state of ‘between-ness’—cultural as well as geographic—is an issue that has preoccupied me since I first arrived in France in 1995. Exile, displacement, and mobility are themes that have driven my...More »
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“Prison Nation” Exhibition
Most prisons and jails across the United States do not allow prisoners to have access to cameras. At a moment when 2.2 million people are incarcerated in the US, 3.8 million people are on probation, and...More »
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“Natalie Krick: 2017 Portfolio Prize Winner” Exhibition
Natalie Krick’s series Natural Deceptions explores the temptations and degradations that can be found across the spectrum of feminine identity and selfhood. Made in collaboration with her mother and sister,...More »
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“Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017” Exhibition
Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, presents the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017, featuring works from...More »
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Claude Iverné “Bilad es Sudan”
In 1999, Claude Iverné first set off along the Darb al Arba’ïn (Forty Days Trail), the ancient caravan route linking Egypt and the sultanate of Darfur. It was there he discovered Sudan, a country steeped...More »
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“2017 Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom” Exhibition
Curated by For Freedoms, the 2017 Aperture Summer Open exhibition, On Freedom, offers a photographic response to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from...More »
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Alessandra Sanguinetti “Le Gendarme Sur La Colline”
“As I moved along the countryside, towns and the cities, the feeling was a bit like that of being in a moving theatre, with glimpses into the mystery that is everyone we briefly meet or pass by. Small...More »
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Thomas R. Schiff “The Library Exhibition”
For nearly three centuries, America’s libraries have served not only as a sanctuary for social and civic ideals of their moment, but also as public spaces where all members of the community are invited...More »
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Duane Hanson “Polaroids: 1979–1994”
Coproduced by Aperture Foundation and Gagosian Gallery. Join Aperture Foundation for the opening reception of Duane Hanson Polaroids: 1979–1994. Duane Hanson, known for his hyper-realist sculptures...More »
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Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques “Eden”
Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques’ Eden is the inaugural exhibition in a long-term alliance between the Aperture Foundation and and the Fondation d’enterprise Hermès, called Immersion. A French American Photography...More »
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“2016 Aperture Summer Open: Photography is Magic” Exhibition
Aperture’s 2016 Summer Open was a call for contributions to the idea of photography as a magical form. This optimistic premise attracted a diverse scope of magical contemporary approaches—from pictures...More »
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Mary Ellen Mark “Tiny: Streetwise Revisited”
In 1983 Mary Ellen Mark began photographing a group of fiercely independent homeless and troubled youth who were making their way on the streets of Seattle as pimps, prostitutes, panhandlers, and smalltime...More »
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Doug DuBois “In Good Time”
Doug DuBois approaches his work slowly and engages in long-term photographic projects. He tells stories that reveal both a profound humanity and the inexorable passing of time. The Hermès Foundation and...More »
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Mickalene Thomas “Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête”
Mickalene Thomas, known for her large-scale, multi-textured, and rhinestone-encrusted paintings of domestic interiors and portraits, has also identified the photographic image as a defining touchstone...More »
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“The 2015 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist” Exhibition
Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo are delighted to collaboratively present the fourth annual Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. This year’s shortlist selection was made by Yannick Bouillis...More »
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Drew Nikonowicz “2015 Portfolio Prize Winner”
Functioning both as metaphor and exposition, Drew Nikonowicz’s series This World and Others Like It thrives in the growing chasm between reality and mediated fiction. Calling upon one of photography’s...More »
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Hiroji Kubota “Photographer”
Hiroji Kubota Photographer is a retrospective exhibition composed of two parts: platinum prints of black-and-white photographs made from 1963 to 1989, featured at Aperture Gallery; and dye-transfer prints...More »
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Patrick Faigenbaum “Kolkata/Calcutta”
Kolkata/Calcutta inaugurates the newly founded alliance between the Hermès Foundation and Aperture Foundation. Patrick Faigenbaum is the winner of the 2013 Henri Cartier-Bresson Award. This grant, awarded...More »
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“Summer Open” Exhibition
For this year’s Summer Open, Aperture’s annual open-call exhibition, we asked photographers to consider the ways in which our current reality might echo outlandish narratives of science fiction. The title...More »
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“Aperture On Sight: Teaching Visual Literacy through Photography” Exhibition
In Aperture Gallery’s Boardroom It will be the visually literate among us who will be the most effective communicators in the digital age, which is why Aperture Foundation is committed to helping young...More »
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LaToya Ruby Frazier “Selected Works”
With her work in both photography and video, Frazier offers an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America’s small towns, as embodied by her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania....More »
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James Mollison “Playground”
In conjunction with the publication of the book Playground, featuring photographs by James Mollison, Aperture Foundation presents an exhibition of the series. Mollison’s photo projects are defined by smart,...More »
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“The Chinese Photobook” Exhibition
China has a fascinating history of photobook publishing, and The Chinese Photobook reveals for the first time the richness and diversity of this heritage. Curated by Martin Parr and WassinkLundgren, this...More »
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Amy Elkins “Parting Words and Black is the Day, Black is the Night”
Winner of the 2014 Aperture Portfolio Prize. The Aperture Portfolio Prize identifies trends in contemporary photography, as well as specific photographers whose work deserves a wider audience. This...More »
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“The Photographer’s Playspace” Exhibition
Curated by Christopher McCall of Pier 24 Photography The Photographer’s Playspace features twenty photographers who have created new works in response to assignments from the Aperture book The Photographer’s...More »
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Paul Strand and Hazel Strand Exhibition
To coincide with the retrospective exhibition Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography (October 21, 2014–January 4, 2015) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Aperture presents Paul Strand, Hazel Strand....More »
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“The New York Times Magazine Photographs” Exhibition
Curated by Kathy Ryan and Lesley A. Martin For over thirty years, the weekly New York Times Magazine has shaped the possibilities of magazine photography through its commissioning and publishing of...More »
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“Summer Open” Exhibition
103 prints. 33 series of photographs. The work of 97 photographers. Selected from 860 submissions by Chris Boot, Aperture’s Executive Director, the Aperture Summer Open reflects the current state of photography...More »
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“The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus” Exhibition
Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen have been working together since 2009 to tell the story of Sochi, Russia, site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. They have returned repeatedly to this region as committed...More »
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Richard Renaldi “Touching Strangers”
Since 2007, Richard Renaldi has been working on a series of photographs that involve approaching and asking complete strangers to physically interact while posing together for a portrait. Working on the...More »
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Matthew Pillsbury “City Stages”
City Stages offers a paean to the craft and visionary potential of large-format, black and-white photography, as well as to the vibrancy of the cultural landscape at a transitional moment—a moment in which...More »
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“Different Distances: Fashion Photography Goes Art” Exhibition
Different Distances: Fashion Photography Goes Art shows the work of five internationally renowned Swedish fashion photographers, presented by the Consulate General of Sweden and the Swedish Institute at...More »
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“The Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Short List” Exhibition
Initiated in November 2011 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography,...More »
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“Prix Pictet: Power” Exhibition
Prix Pictet, the global award in photography and sustainability, has chosen Power as the theme for its fourth cycle. As a theme, Power has enormous creative reach, embracing both hope and despair in equal...More »
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Rinko Kawauchi “Ametsuchi”
Aperture presents Ametsuchi, Rinko Kawauchi’s latest work, in which she shifts her attention from the micro to the macro. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with the book released by Aperture in...More »
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Bryan Schutmaat “Grays the Mountain Sends”
The purpose of the Aperture Portfolio Prize is to identify trends in contemporary photography and highlight artists whose work deserves greater recognition. When choosing the first-prize winner and runners-up,...More »
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“Shannon: New Work by the 2013 Graduates of the Yale University School of Art Photography Program” Exhibition
Shannon is presented by the 2013 MFA Graduates of the Yale School of Art Photography Program: Marzena Abrahamik, Endia Beal, Elizabeth Bick, Johanna Case-Hofemeister, Tommy Kha, Michael Marcelle, Sophie...More »
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Jason Evans “Monkey Face: Pictures for Looking At, Drawing for Photography”
Jason Evans’s photographs circulate in many worlds, from fashion magazines and websites to record covers and museums, and he’s often interested in subverting the conventions of the genres and venues in...More »
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Martin Parr “Life’s a Beach”
In conjunction with the May release of the beach-bag-size edition of Life’s a Beach, Aperture presents an exhibition featuring the best selections from Martin Parr’s beach photography. Parr has been...More »
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Enrique Metinides "101 Tragedies of Enrique Metinides"
101 Tragedies of Enrique Metinides is Enrique Metinides’s choice of the key images from over fifty years of photographing crime scenes and accidents in Mexico for local newspapers and the nota roja crime...More »
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"Photography" Exhibition
We capture the world through images, and cameras are our implements. Photography presents the work of William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Ryan McGinley, Martin Parr, Terry Richardson, and Stephen Shore, six...More »
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"The Latin American Photobook" Exhibition
The Latin American Photobook, featuring a selection of volumes from the 1920s to the present, provides revelatory perspectives on the under-charted history of Latin American photography. A growing appreciation...More »
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"Aperture Remix" Exhibition
On the occasion of Aperture’s sixtieth anniversary in 2012, a select group of contemporary photographers have each responded to an Aperture publication that has been influential in forming their work,...More »
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"Petrochemical America: Project Room Photographs by Richard Misrach Throughlines by Kate Orff/SCAPE" Exhibition
Petrochemical America represents a unique collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach and landscape architect Kate Orff. It brings into focus the industrialized landscape of the Mississippi River...More »
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Robert Delpire "Delpire & Co."
As part of our sixtieth anniversary celebration, Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with our partners, presents the exhibition Delpire & Co., featuring a half century of achievement in the life...More »
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"LOST & FOUND 3.11 Photographs from Tohoku" Exhibition
Aperture Foundation presents LOST & FOUND: 3.11 Photographs from Tohoku, a profoundly moving exhibition of photographs recovered from the devastation following the two epic natural disasters and the...More »
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"Shared Vision: The Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection of Photography" Exhibition
Aperture Foundation presents Shared Vision: The Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection of Photography, a selection from one of the world’s best private collections of photography. An exhibition...More »
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Alex Webb "The Suffering of Light"
Aperture Gallery presents an exhibition of Alex Webb’s work to accompany his recently published monograph, The Suffering of Light. Recognized as a pioneer of American color photography, since the 1970s,...More »
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Daido Moriyama "Printing Show - TKY"
PRINTING SHOW is a recreation of Daido Moriyama's 1974 performance of the same name. Following the format of the original performance as closely as possible, in lieu of prints mounted on the gallery walls,...More »
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Bruce Davidson "Subway"
In 1986, Aperture first published Bruce Davidson's Subway—a ground-breaking series that has garnered critical acclaim both as a document of a unique moment in the cultural fabric of New York City as well...More »
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"What Matters Now?" Exhibition
Exhibition in Progress: Wednesday, September 7–Saturday, September 17, 2011 Exhibition on view: Saturday, September 17, 2011–Saturday, September 24, 2011 What should we be looking at? The extraordinary...More »
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Andrea Galvani "Four Works"
Artists Wanted, in collaboration with Aperture Foundation, presents a solo exhibition of work by artist Andrea Galvani, winner of the 2010 Exposure Prize. Curated by Nora Lawrence, Four Works shows both...More »
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"Photo Camp: The Culture of Now" Exhibition
This April, students in Los Angeles and in New York City created work on two consecutive weekends as part of Photo Camp, a photography workshop presented by Aperture and Sony. The workshop included a day...More »
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Sanna Kannisto "Fieldwork"
Aperture Gallery Presents: Fieldwork, an exhibition, photographs by Sanna Kannisto, exploring the dialectics of nature and culture in both artistic and scientific contexts, challenging the limits of knowledge...More »
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Jungjin Lee "Wind"
Aperture Gallery and sepia EYE are pleased to announce "Wind," a solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed photographer Jungjin Lee featuring twenty-five stunning panoramic landscapes. A limited-edition...More »
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"reGeneration2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today" Exhibition
As the digital revolution continues its relentless advance, it demolishes longstanding practices in every domain of the photographic field. This group exhibition and its accompanying catalog examine how...More »
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William Christenberry "Book Party and Signing"
Celebrate on the occasion of the release of William Christenberry: Kodachromes, which includes a book signing with the artist. This is the first publication to showcase the artist's stunning and previously...More »
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"The Spanish National Photography Prize: Connections and Confrontations" Exhibition
Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministry of Culture, presents the The Spanish National Photography Prize: Connections and Confrontations, a group exhibition exploring Spain's photographic...More »
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Paul Strand "Paul Strand in Mexico"
Paul Strand in Mexico, an exhibition comprised of over a hundred photographic works by Strand, including vintage prints; stills from his classic film, Redes (The Wave; 1936); and previously unseen documents...More »
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"States of Flux" Exhibition
Photographic images are more cheaply and easily produced now more than ever, with newfound potential for immediate mass distribution and consumption, as well as the burden of almost-immediate, unplanned...More »
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Eirik Johnson "Sawdust Mountain"
Eirik Johnson's series "Sawdust Mountain," is the culmination of four years photographing throughout Oregon, Washington and Northern California. Focusing on the tenuous relationship between industries...More »
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"No Singing Allowed: Flamenco and Photography " Exhibition
Aperture Foundation, a non-profit arts institution dedicated to promoting photography in all its forms, and Instituto Cervantes, a non-profit organization that contributes to the cultural advancement of...More »
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Michael Wolf "The Transparent City"
Chicago, like many of the world’s great urban centers, has recently undergone a surge in new construction, grafting a new layer of architectural experimentation onto those of past eras. Bringing his unique...More »
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Barbara Crane "Private Views"
In the early 1980s, photographer Barbara Crane embarked on a photographic project shot during Chicago’s various summer festivals. Armed with a Super Speed Graphic camera and Polaroid film, Crane waded...More »
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Joel Meyerowitz Artists Talk and Book Signing
Aperture presents a talk and book signing with master photographer Joel Meyerowitz on the occasion of the release of his new monograph Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks (Aperture,...More »
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"Nature as Artifice: New Dutch Landscape in Photography and Video Art" Exhibition
In keeping with the golden age of Dutch landscape painting four hundred years ago, a new visual statement on the landscape has emerged from the Netherlands. Expressed through the modern mediums of photography...More »
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"Identity Identities (i / i)" Exhibition
Aperture Foundation and the School of Visual Arts, an art school in New York City whose mission is to educate students who aspire to become professional artists, have partnered to present a group exhibition...More »
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"Abstraction in Contemporary Photography: Lyle Rexer" Talk & Book Signing
Coinciding with the exhibition currently on view at Aperture Gallery curated by Lyle Rexer, "The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography," and the release of his book "The Edge of Vision:...More »
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Dan Winters Talk, Book Signing, and Reception
On the occasion of the publication of Dan Winters's first monograph, "Periodical Photographs," Aperture Foundation is pleased to present an evening with this top editorial photographer, who has contributed...More »
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"All the Days and Nights: Doug DuBois" Artist's Talk and Book Signing
In his first monograph, "All the Days and Nights," Doug DuBois turns the camera on his own family, both before and after his father's near-fatal fall from a commuter train and his mother's subsequent breakdown....More »
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"Eirik Johnson" Art Talk and Book Signing
Coinciding with the highly anticipated release of Sawdust Mountain, Eirik Johnson will discuss the work from the book, a culmination of four years photographing throughout Oregon, Washington, and Northern...More »
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"The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography" Exhibition
Aperture Gallery presents The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography, curated by Lyle Rexer. From the beginning, abstraction has been intrinsic to photography, and its persistent popularity...More »
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"Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape" Panel Discussion
Commemorating this month the fifteenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide and coinciding with the exhibition and the publication of the Aperture book, Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape,...More »
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"Jacqueline Hassink" Talk and Book Signing
Aperture presents a talk and book signings with photographer Jacqueline Hassink on the occasion of the release of her new monograph Car Girls (Aperture, April 2009) coinciding with the New York International...More »
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"Zalmaï" Artist Talk and Book Signing
Aperture presents a talk with internationally renowned photographer and former Afghan refugee Zalmaï, to discuss the work from his latest book Silent Exodus: Portraits of Iraqi Refugees in Exile (Aperture/UNHCR)....More »
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Jonathan Torgovnik " Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born Of Rape "
In collaboration with the Open Society Institute, Amnesty International, and Foundation Rwanda This exhibition is traveling to several universities in the United States, including Kniznick Gallery,...More »
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"Hank Willis Thomas and Deborah Willis" Conversation and Book Signing
Aperture presents an intimate and thoughtful discussion between mother and son -- Hank Willis Thomas and Deborah Willis — who will talk about their work, influences, and artistic collaborations. Hank...More »
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Lugi Ghirri "It's Beautiful Here Isn't It..."
Coinciding with the publication of the Aperture book of the same title, Aperture Gallery presents "It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It…", The first major U.S. exhibition of photographs by Luigi Ghirri, featuring...More »
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"Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz" Artist Talk and Book Signing
Coinciding with the highly anticipated release of Travelers (Aperture, October 2008) the artists' first monograph featuring two major series, Travelers and Islands, Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz will...More »
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"Erwin Olaf" Talk and Book Signing
On the occasion of the publication of his self-titled Aperture monograph, we are pleased to announce a talk and book signing with Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf on Tuesday, October 21. A key European figure...More »
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Susan Meiselas and Alfredo Jaar Conversation and Book Signing
Coinciding with the long awaited reissue of Nicaragua, and the accompanying exhibition on view at the International Center of Photography, Aperture presents a special evening of conversation between internationally...More »
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"Women in Photography" Discussion
Aperture invites photographers Cara Philips and Amy Elkins, co-founders and co-curators of Women in Photography (wipnyc.org), a new online venue showcasing work by contemporary female photographers, for...More »
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"Collector's Workshop: Introduction To Affordable Photography" Panel Discussion
Aperture presents a compelling panel discussion dedicated to collecting affordable photography. Moderated by Laurel Ptak, Aperture's Educational Programs Manager, the discussion will include Kellie McLaughlin...More »
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Josef Koudelka "Invasion 68: Prague"
On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the invasion of Prague, Aperture Gallery presents Invasion 68: Prague, an exhibition and catalog of Josef Koudelka's remarkable work made during that one...More »
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Richard Ross "Architecture of Authority"
For the past several years—and with seemingly limitless access—American photographer Richard Ross has been making unsettling and thought-provoking pictures of architectural spaces that exert power over...More »
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Erik Kessels "In Almost Every Picture"
In Almost Every Picture is an idiosyncratic collection of found images from three volumes in the cult classic book series of the same title. The Spanish Woman features photographs taken by a husband of...More »
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Matthew Sleeth "Ten Series"
Ten Series transforms seemingly ordinary scenes into something extraordinary, something that changes our perception of the world around us, especially our world in pictures. For this series, travel plays...More »