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Nan Goldin’s iconic visual diary, “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency,” chronicles the struggle for intimacy and understanding between her friends, family, and lovers in the 1970s and ’80s. Goldin’s candid, visceral photographs captured a world seething with life—and challenged censorship, disrupted gender stereotypes, and brought crucial visibility and awareness to the AIDS crisis. Over thirty years later, the influence of The Ballad on photography and other aesthetic realms can still be felt, firmly establishing it as a contemporary classic. Final day to shop our Memorial Day Sale with up to 60% off Aperture books, magazines, and prints—plus, save on our special book bundles, including the PhotoBook Essentials Bundle featuring titles by Nan Goldin, Deana Lawson, Stephen Shore, and more. See our link in bio to shop now. Image: Nan Goldin (@nangoldinstudio), C.Z. and Max on the beach, Truro, Mass. 1976; from “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” © the artist

Heinkuhn Oh’s black-and-white photographs are a vivacious portrait of Seoul in the 1990s. Oh’s series “Itaewon Story” is a record of the denizens of the neighborhood Itaewon, a district known for glamorous outsiders of all kinds—artists, US soldiers, LGBTQ citizens, sex workers, and others who might not have anywhere else to go in the city. “Theatrical as they might be, the characters of the series are photographed at moments of candor with minimal pretension, producing an unapologetic take on the traits of the locale,” writes Harry C. H. Choi. “Oh’s images demand that we remain curious about those strangers, foreigners, and outsiders around us, that we let them freely roam, showing us who they are.” See our link in bio to read more on Heinkuhn Oh’s work by Harry C. H. Choi from Aperture’s “Celebrations” issue. Images by Heinkuhn Oh from the series “Itaewon Story”; Courtesy the artist

“It is important to slow down around your own work, trust yourself, and ask if you really are done. Knowing when to push through and keep going is just as important as knowing when to stop.” —Todd Hido In PhotoWork, @sashawolfprojects interviews forty photographers about their approach to making photographs and sustaining a body of work. Structured as a Proust-like questionnaire, the resulting interviews provide essential insights and advice from both emerging and established photographers—while also revealing there is no single path in photography. This weekend only, save up to 60% off Aperture photobooks, magazines, and limited-edition prints. Plus, save on our exclusive book bundles, including our Summer Reading Bundle featuring three inspiring titles—”The Photographer’s Playbook,” “PhotoWork,” and “Photo No-Nos”—for reflections on photography and creative exercises. Shop the sale through our link in bio. Image: Todd Hido, #1941, San Francisco, California, from “Intimate Distance” (Aperture, 2016) © @toddhido_

“I went to Provincetown originally to explore how the Cape’s light seemed to illuminate nature from within. What I discovered was the manner in which the light penetrated and exposed people’s mystery, revealing their true identities in such a way that everyone became beautiful.” —Joel Meyerowitz Throughout the late 1970s and early ’80s, Joel Meyerowitz spent his summers in the beach town of Provincetown, MA, roaming the seaside with an 8-by-10 camera, making exquisite, sharply observed portraits of denizens of the progressive community. Aperture’s Memorial Day Sale is here with savings on photobooks, magazines, and prints—including 30% off limited-edition prints by @joel_meyerowitz from the 2019 volume “Provincetown.” See our link in bio to shop now. Image: Joel Meyerowitz, Darrell, 1983, from “Provincetown” (Aperture, 2019) © the artist

“History is made by and for particular classes of people. A camera in some hands can preserve an alternate history.” —David Wojnarowicz Throughout his career, David Wojnarowicz’s use of photography was extraordinary, as was his unprecedented ways of addressing the AIDS crisis and issues of censorship, homophobia, and narrative. Originally published in 1994, “Brush Fires in the Social Landscape” began in collaboration with the artist two years prior to his death, going on to be reissued in 2015. This weekend only, save up to 60% off Aperture photobooks, magazines, and limited-edition prints. See our link in bio to shop now. Image: David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (face in dirt), 1990 © the Estate of David Wojnarowicz; Courtesy P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York

“Although my photographs are often described as complicated, my actual process as a street photographer is pretty simple. I sense, almost ‘smell’ the possibility of a photograph. I try to follow the rhythm of the streets, sometimes walking through situations, sometimes hanging out. It all depends on what the world gives me on a particular day.” —Alex Webb In our Photography Workshop Series, Aperture works with the world’s top photographers to distill their creative approaches, teachings, and insights on photography, offering the workshop experience in a book. Back for a limited time only during our Memorial Day Sale, save 40% off our exclusive book bundles—including the Photography Workshop Series Bundle with titles by Dawoud Bey, Larry Fink, Todd Hido, Richard Misrach, and Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb. See our link in bio to shop the sale. Image: Alex Webb (@webb_norriswebb), Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 1996, from Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image (Aperture, 2014) © the artist/Magnum Photos

Originally published in 1982, Stephen Shore’s legendary volume “Uncommon Places” has influenced a generation of photographers. Shore was among the first artists to take color beyond the domain of advertising and fashion photography, and his large-format color work on the American vernacular landscape stands at the root of what has become a vital photographic tradition over the past forty years. During our Memorial Day Sale, save 40% off special book bundles—including the PhotoBook Essentials Bundle featuring titles by Stephen Shore, Deana Lawson, Nan Goldin, and more. See our link in bio to shop the sale. Image: Stephen Shore, Room 125, Westbank Motel, Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 18, 1973, from “Uncommon Places” (Aperture, 2015) © the artist

In her latest series, photographer Yelena Yemchuk creates a love letter to Odesa. Yemchuk’s series on the Ukrainian city began in 2015 with a romantic fascination with youth culture, but quickly turned into a chronicle of a pivotal historical moment. “I felt like I had been shown a secret place.” Yemchuk states. “Like someone took me around a corner, pulled back a curtain and said, ‘Here look, look at this enchanted city.'” And while it is nearly impossible to look at these photographs without considering current events—Yemchuk’s series evince the vitality of a people who embrace pleasure precisely because they have known tragedy, showcasing the duality of whimsy alongside dissolution. See our link in bio to read more on Yelena Yemchuk’s new photobook “Odesa” (GOST Books, 2022) by Elianna Kan. Image: Yelena Yemchuk from Odesa, 2015–19 (GOST Books, 2022); courtesy the artist

In her dynamic photographs, Wendy Red Star recasts historical narratives with wit, candor, and a feminist, Indigenous perspective. “Delegation” is the first comprehensive monograph by Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow), centering Native American life and material culture through the artists’ imaginative self-portraiture, vivid collages, archival interventions, and site-specific installations. Whether referencing nineteenth-century Crow leaders or 1980s pulp fiction, museum collections or family pictures, she constantly questions the role of the photographer in shaping Indigenous representation. On May 28, join Aperture and @oregoncontemporary in Portland to celebrate the release of “Delegation” (Aperture, 2022) with a conversation between @wendyredstar and Karl Davis (@crows_shadow), followed by a book signing with the artist. See our link in bio for more details. Image: Wendy Red Star, Her Dreams Are True (Julia Bad Boy), 2021 © Wendy Red Star, Courtesy of Crow’s Shadow, Nika Blasser

Daido Moriyama is, to a great extent, an artist both incomprehensible and misunderstood. Moriyama has been at the forefront of the medium for more than fifty years, creating his signature experimental photographs of Japan in the post–World War II period. Now, a major exhibition in São Paulo celebrates the process behind the Japanese photographer’s trailblazing work. In a review on Aperture, Daigo Oliva writes on why Moriyama’s radical vision is misunderstood: “Although it is seductive to view Moriyama’s dark and grainy pictures as a mirror of the American occupation of his country, his true interest lies in dissecting images down to their essence.” See our link in bio to read the full review. Images: Daido Moriyama, from the series Letter to Saint-Loup, 1990; courtesy the Daido Moriyama Photo Foundation #DaidoMoriyama

Visit Aperture this weekend at the @icp Photobook Fest 📚✨ Swing by our booth from May 21–22 to browse our latest releases, best-selling photobooks, and recent issues of Aperture magazine. Plus! Attend special book signings: May 21 at 2:00PM: “Judith Joy Ross: Photographs 1978–2015” May 22 at 3:00PM: “Justine Kurland: Highway Kind” See our link in bio for more details. Image: Justine Kurland (@justine4good), Keddie Wye, 2007, from “Highway Kind” (Aperture, 2022 Re-Issue) © the artist

Tonight! Hear from celebrated photographer Judith Joy Ross in a conversation with Joshua Chuang on her recent Aperture monograph. Considered one of the greatest portrait photographers in the history of the medium, Ross’s emphatic and timeless images are filled with an astonishing emotional clarity. Her black-and-white large-format portraits—unpretentious, quietly penetrating, startling in their transparency—consistently achieve the capacity to glimpse the past, present, and perhaps even the future of the individuals who stand before her lens. Following the talk will be a book signing of “Judith Joy Ross: Photographs 1978–2015” (Aperture, 2022). See our link in bio to register now. Event Details: Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m., at SVA Theatre, New York, hosted with @mfaphotovideo. Image: Judith Joy Ross, Annie Hasz, Easton Circle, Easton, Pennsylvania, 2007 © Judith Joy Ross, courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne