Hiroshi Sugimoto has explored ideas of time, empiricism and metaphysics through a surreal and formalistic approach since the 1970s. A self-described habitual self-interlocutor, Sugimoto uses the camer
A sobering visual tribute to the physical and psychological impact of Hurricane Katrina places a particular focus on hurricane-inspired graffiti messages as they were written with various materials by
Twenty years ago, before the era of digital cameras, cell phones and the internet, Fred Ritchin outlined many of the ways in which the digital age would transform society. "In Our Own Image "was the f
This is an extraordinary book, of interest to a wide audience--anyone involved with photography, history, preservation of memories. Curtis is a Library of Congress curator of photography, and she has
Robert Capa: Photographs is the first true retrospective book of one of the century's greatest photographers. Drawing upon hundreds of previously unseen images, this collection reveals Capa as one o
In The Museum Project, Korean artist Atta Kim commandeers average scenes - city streets, department stores, freight depots, and forests - and turns them into exhibition spaces. On display are people c
Compiled by Magnum photojournalist Susan Meiselas, Eyes Open is a sourcebook of photography ideas for kids―to engage with the world through the camera.Forty-one enticing projects help inspire a proces
In Let the Sun Beheaded Be, photographer Gregory Halpern focuses on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, a French overseas region with a complicated colonial history. Renowned for his photographic medi
First published in 1969, The Destruction of Lower Manhattan is a singular, lasting document of nearly sixty acres of architecture, some dating back to the Civil War era, on the cusp of being demolishe
Perfect Strangers captures the kinetic bustle of changing streets and passing crowds in New York City.Over the last seven years, Melissa O’Shaughnessy has photographed daily on the streets of New York
First published in 1992, Immediate Family has been lauded by critics as one of the great photography books of our time, and among the most influential. Taken against the Arcadian backdrop of her woodl
First published in 1968, and now back in print for the first time in ten years, The Bikeriders explores firsthand the stories and personalities of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club. This journal-siz
These essays address us in the quiet voice of a working photographer, an artist and craftsman who has thought long and seriously about his endeavor, who has tested and questioned his own assumptions i
One of photography's most original artists examines the celebrities of her time in a remarkable collection of portraits. Diane Arbus: Magazine Work presents more than one hundred portraits and featur
Brooklyn is one of the most dynamic and ethnically diverse places on the planet. In fact, it’s estimated that one in every eight US families had relatives come through Brooklyn when settling in the co
In The Photography Workshop Series, Aperture Foundation works with the world’s top photographers to distill their creative approaches, teachings, and insights on photography―offering the workshop ex
