In a small and delicate book with a cover soft like a jewel case, Andres Gonzalez has compiled photographs from indeterminate places and indefinite times. Space and temporality spread out…
Author Laurence Cornet
Given the scope of his already impressive body of work, it was rather late that I discovered and made the acquaintance of Steeve Iuncker through Gilles Favier. For the first…
Since its beginnings, photography has recorded the history of the world. Technical developments have allowed photographers to produce more accurate accounts of history, however fleeting it may be. Newspapers used…
Henri Cartier-Bresson was one of the first photographers selected for Aperture’s Masters of Photography collection, a series that included works by Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Walker Evans,…
The exhibition Gypsies presented at Arles last summer revealed the history of the publication of this seminal work by Josef Koudelka. The show was as anecdotal as it was…
As announced in its title, the anniversary exhibition is a celebration. A celebration and a tribute, as much to the institution as to the visual diversity of photography itself. The…
Martin Parr presents his latest editorial fancy, Life’s a Beach, copublished by Aperture and Xavier Barral.…
I published several books with Aperture : Twins (2003), American Odyssey (1999) and Streetwise (1988). Streetwise is important because it was at the time of Michael Hoffman. It was first published…
I don’t believe a history of contemporary photography can be written without acknowledging the role Aperture played in shaping that history. It played a significant role in my life, too…
My association with Aperture books goes back to 1986, when Michael Hoffman, the director of Aperture, made it possible for the Subway images to be published, when most commercial publishers…