Aperture is a not-for-profit organization that connects audiences though photography—in print, in person, and online.
Aperture is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to creating insight, community, and understanding through photography.
Publication date: June 2026. – About Aperture Aperture is a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide. From its base in New York, Aperture connects global audiences and supports artists through its acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibitions, digital platforms, public programs, limited-edition prints, and ...
The Aperture Gala is our annual celebration that brings together a community of artists, philanthropists, writers, editors, collectors, and other leaders in the field. It’s Aperture’s most significant fundraising event of the year, and provides vital support for our programming and publications, in pursuit of our mission to create insight, community, and understanding through photography.
Aperture’s globally touring exhibitions expand celebrated publications into compelling in-person experiences all across the globe.
The Aperture Portfolio Prize spotlights new talents in contemporary photography. Since 2006, over one hundred artists from around the world have filled the ranks of winners and runners-up, several of whom later earned wide acclaim through solo exhibitions at leading museums, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships, and even an Oscar nomination. Here, we look back at twenty artists whose exciting ...
This year, the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards received over one thousand books from fifty-five countries around the world, including standout entries from Ecuador, Lesotho, Uruguay, and Vietnam. Previously, on September 17–19, 2025, a shortlist jury, comprised of an international team, met in New York for three concentrated days of review and deliberation: Brendan Embser, senior ...
Aperture presents “Photography & Painting,” featuring artists from around the world who draw inspiration from both mediums in their work, illuminating how the dialogue between camera and canvas continues to unfold today in fascinating, unexpected ways.