Aperture 249 Winter 2022/2023

FRONT
Agenda
Joan Didion, Nan Goldin, Johan van der Keuken, John Waters

Viewfinder
Lovia Gyarkye on Qiana Mestrich’s archive about Black women at work

Collecting
Brian Sholis on Alfredo Jaar and the legacy of Life magazine

Backstory
Yxta Maya Murray on Gordon Parks’s 1960s-era photographs of Stokely Carmichael

Curriculum
Sam Contis on Annie Ernaux, Ingrid Pollard, and the landscapes of the Chinati Foundation

WORDS
Grace Wales Bonner: The Researcher
The influential designer on her artistic collaborations
A Conversation with Ekow Eshun

Between Art and Function
Do photographs have a purpose in the world?
David Campany

Under the Influence
Two architects create a novel form of collage
Mimi Zeiger

The Troublemakers
The oppositional energy of zines
Jesse Dorris

William Kentridge: The Excess of the Studio
For the celebrated artist, photographs have always been a reference
A Conversation with Jonathan Cane

PICTURES
Jojo Gronostay: The Repros
An artist’s clever reuse of the fashion image
Mikelle Street

Deborah Turbeville: A Passport to Fashion
From the renowned photographer, a revelatory photo-novella
Thessaly La Force

James Welling: Cento
Through color and process, the ancient world is seen anew
Kate Palmer Albers

Stephanie Syjuco: Latent Images
New stories emerge from institutional archives
Sara Knelman

Sheida Soleimani: Absolute Power
The political theater of the United Nations
Haleh Anvari

Katrien de Blauwer: True Stories
Personal history told through vintage ephemera
Coralie Kraft

BACK
The PhotoBook Review
A conversation with the editor Ramón Reverté—and a selection of recent photobooks

Endnote
Seven questions for Laurie Simmons