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Aperture & David Zwirner Books Present: In Conversation: Sylvia Plachy, Leo Rubinfien, and Lynne Tilllman on Diane Arbus
Join Aperture and David Zwirner Books for a conversation with Sylvia Plachy, Leo Rubinfien, and Lynne Tillman, moderated by Lesley A. Martin, in celebration of the publications Diane Arbus Documents (Jeffrey Fraenkel/David Zwirner Books, 2022) and Diane Arbus Revelations (Aperture, 2022) on the experience of Arbus’s work, fifty years on from the initial publication of Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph and her cataclysmic solo exhibition at MoMA.
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A Look Inside “Tom Sandberg: Photographs”
Join Aperture and Scandinavia House for an evening of conversation between writer and curator Bob Nickas, and editor of Aperture magazine, Michael Famighetti.
Working in a signature modulating gray scale, the late Norwegian photographer Tom Sandberg spent decades rendering the world according to an exacting vision, training his eye on the shapes and forms of the everyday—dark abstractions of asphalt and sea, the hard edges of an automobile, an ominously curved tunnel, an anonymous figure casting a shadow—to plumb the nature of photographic seeing.
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Artist Talk with Collier Schorr
“The artist Collier Schorr will provide insights into her work. As an artist and fashion photographer Schorr is interested in how bodies change over time. In the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf, Schorr presents a portrait series that follows the model Casil McArthur during his transition. In conversation with Nadine Wietlisbach, director of Fotomuseum Winterthur, Schorr will speak about her collaboration with McArthur and her working process.”
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AIPAD Talks | Object Lesson: On the Influence of Richard Benson
“Join AIPAD Talks and Aperture for an online public program discussing the legacy and work of Richard Benson, whose influence is the subject of Aperture’s forthcoming book, Object Lesson: On the Influence of Richard Benson.
The publication pays homage to a legendary figure whose name is synonymous with the evolving history and philosophy of photographic reproduction. As an expert printer, teacher, and dean of the Yale School of Art, Benson inspired over three decades of students and artisans through his mentorship and work.”
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Artist Talk With Carmen Winant
“Join Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland for a conversation with Carmen Winant. This event is in conjunction with the exhibition Orlando, curated by Tilda Swinton, which is organized by Aperture, New York.
The artist Carmen Winant will provide insights into her work. As a writer and artist, Winant explores the possibilities of feminist uprise against patriarchal structures. Her works in the exhibition Orlando – Based on a Novel by Virginia Woolf, layer images of her naked chest with photographs originally published in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. Inspired by Woolf’s novel, Winant’s works deal with themes of limitlessness, transience, and self-discovery. In conversation with Nadine Wietlisbach, director Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winant will speak about her work and her working process.”
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Aperture Conversations: Jamie Hawkesworth and Alistair O’Neill
"Join Aperture for an online public program to celebrate the spring issue of Aperture magazine, “Celebrations,” which considers ceremonies, festivities‚ and how close observation can honor everyday life. The event will feature a conversation between British photographer Jamie Hawkesworth and Alistair O’Neill, professor of fashion history and theory at Central Saint Martins, London."
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An-My Lê in Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
“Milwaukee Art Museum welcomes MacArthur Fellows An-My Lê and author Viet Thanh Nguyen for a free virtual discussion about life, art, and their work.”
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Aperture Conversations: Meet the Artists: Creating Stories for Tomorrow
“In this online conversation, Brendan Embser, senior managing editor of Aperture magazine, speaks with artists Jarod Lew, Miraj Patel, and Chanell Stone about their work and what “tomorrow” looks like for them.”
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Celebrating Thalía Gochez and Las Fotos Project
“Join Aperture for a special evening celebrating International Women’s Day and the work of photographer Thalía Gochez and Las Fotos Project, a community-based nonprofit inspiring teenage girls and gender-expansive youth through photography. In this online discussion, Helen Alonzo Hurtado from Las Fotos Project will speak with Gochez about her photography, her work with Las Fotos Project, and the importance of elevating women in photography.”
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Philip Montgomery and Jelani Cobb on “American Mirror”
“Join ICP and Aperture for a conversation and book signing for American Mirror, featuring New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb and Philip Montgomery, as they examine the themes, images, and stories within American Mirror.”
In-person and Online options for attending.
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Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Sonel Breslav, and Anika Sabin in Conversation
Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Sonel Breslav, and Anika Sabin in Conversation about Phyars-Burgess’s book, Untitled, the winner of the 2021 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation First PhotoBook Award.
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Genesis Báez, Joiri Minaya, and Steven Molina Contreras in Conversation
“Join Aperture for a panel discussion that brings together three photographers whose practices investigate their identities: Genesis Báez’s intimate portraits show diasporic communities of Puerto Rican women in the Northeastern US; Joiri Minaya’s constructed collages explore the concept of opacity; and Steven Molina Contreras tenderly photographs his family both in the US and his native El Salvador.
This discussion will be moderated by writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.”
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Been Seen: The Photography of Zora J Murff
“Join the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for the first of a series of conversations about the gaze of Black photographers who explore and celebrate Black life. In Zora J Murff’s latest monograph, True Colors (or, Affirmations in a Crisis), he addresses the act of remembering and the politics of self which Murff identifies as ‘the duality of Black patriotism and the challenges of finding belonging in places not made for me—of creating an affirmation in a moment of crisis as I learn to remake myself in my own image.’”
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Aperture Curator Talk with Wendy Red Star
“Wendy Red Star, celebrated artist and curator of the exhibition Native America: In Translation, will provide an overview of the project and a consideration of how the selected artists engage with photography and film in their work during this online talk.”