Books by and about Black photographers and Aperture magazine curated by Karyn Hinkle, on display in February 2024
Explore books by and about the photographers Aperture features
| Ernest Cole ♥ | Kwame Brathwaite ♥ |
| Ming Smith ♥ | Deana Lawson ♥ |
| Nadine Ijewere ♥ | Jamel Shabazz ♥ |
| Zanele Muholi ♥ | LaToya Ruby Frazier ♥ |
| Zora J Murff ♥ | Ming Smith ♥ |
| Mickalene Thomas ♥ | Deborah Willis ♥ |
| Hank Willis Thomas ♥ | Carrie Mae Weems ♥ |
| Dawoud Bey ♥ | see also: Eli Reed ♥ |
Dawoud Bey: Elegy
Dawoud Bey was first published by Aperture in 2007 and Aperture co-published the exhibition catalogue "Elegy," shown here, with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 2023
Mod New York: Fashion Takes a Trip
Kwame Brathwaite was featured in Aperture in Fall 2017 and Aperture published a monograph about his work in 2019 -- see reproductions of more of his fashion photographs here in "Mod New York," edited by his son
"Defiant Images: Photography and Apartheid South Africa" by Darren Newbury
Ernest Cole's 1967 photobook "House of Bondage" was republished by Aperture in 2022 and Aperture published a new book of his work in 2023 -- see reproductions of more of his work here in "Defiant Images"
LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze
LaToya Ruby Frazier was featured in Aperture in Summer 2016 and Aperture published a monograph about her work in 2014 -- see reproductions of more of her work here in the exhibition catalogue for "The Last Cruze"
"As We See It: Artists Redefining Black Identity" by Aida Amoako
Nadine Ijewere was featured in Aperture in Fall 2017 and in the Aperture publication "The New Black Vanguard" in 2019 -- see reproductions of more of her work here in "As We See It"
"Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists" edited by Antwaun Sargent
Deana Lawson was featured in Aperture in Fall 2021 and Aperture published a monograph about her work in 2018 -- see more reproductions of her work here in "Young, Gifted, and Black"
"Zanele Muholi" (Tate Modern)
Zanele Muholi was featured in Aperture in Spring 2015 and Aperture published a monograph about her work in 2018 -- see reproductions of more of her work here in a Tate Modern exhibition catalogue
Aperture's spring 2018 issue, "Prison Nation"
Zora J Murff was featured in Aperture in Spring 2018, with "Corrections," shown here, and Aperture published a monograph about her work in 2022
Jamel Shabazz: Albums
Jamel Shabazz was featured in Aperture in Summer 2016 and "Albums," shown here, was published with the Gordon Parks Foundation in 2022
"Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop" by Sarah L. Eckhardt
Ming Smith was featured on Aperture's website in 2021 and Aperture published a monograph about her work in 2020 -- see more reproductions of her work here in a photographic history of the Kamoinge Workshop
Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal
Hank Willis Thomas was first published by Aperture in 2008 and Aperture co-published the exhibition catalogue "All Things Being Equal," shown here, with the Portland Museum of Art in 2020
Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires
Mickalene Thomas was featured in Aperture in Summer 2019 and Aperture exhibited her work in 2016 -- see reproductions of more of her work here in the exhibition catalogue for "Femmes Noires"
Carrie Mae Weems: Strategies of Engagement
Carrie Mae Weems was featured in Aperture in Winter 2009 and Winter 2015 -- see reproductions of more of her work here in the exhibition catalogue "Strategies of Engagement"
"Family, History, Memory: Recording African American Life" by Deborah Willis
Deborah Willis was featured in Aperture in Fall 2011 and Summer 2016 among others -- read and see more of her work here in her book "Family History Memory"