Dans ce numéro d’Aperture, les photographes explorent l’idée de cosmologie à travers leurs origines, leurs histoires et leurs univers locaux. Le numéro présentera un profil de Deana Lawson, dont le travail s’appuie sur des visions de la diaspora africaine ; un regard sur le rôle de la photographie dans les peintures de Vija Celmins, qui considèrent les phénomènes naturels, le cosmos et le temps ; l’imagerie de Michael Schmidt sur la vie artistique à Berlin dans les années 1980 ; le travail de Batia Suter avec des images trouvées ; Le projet de Pao Houa Her sur les expériences du peuple Hmong, et bien plus encore.
CONTENTS:
Agenda
Liz Johnson Artur, Tokyo: Art & Photography, Gillian Wearing, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok
Day Jobs
Kerry Manders on Catherine Opie’s industrious work ethic
Viewfinder
Lou Stoppard on visions of nightlife, from Nairobi to Ibiza
Curriculum
Geoff Dyer on Fred Eaglesmith, Dayanita Singh, and the pleasures of rereading Middlemarch
Words
Deana Lawson: The Conjurer
The great portraitist reimagines the world by revealing mystic truths
A Conversation with Greg Tate
Berlin Stories
How the divided German capital became Michael Schmidt’s life’s work
Gesine Borcherdt
Theo Eshetu: Infinite Screens
A prolific video artist considers identity and belonging
Emmanuel Iduma
The World of Judith Joy Ross
Through empathic portraits, individuals form a collective citizenry
Rebecca Bengal
Pictures
Return of the Light
For Anne Hardy, the River Thames yields ethereal photograms
Lena Fritsch
Galaxies
Batia Suter reinvents scientific books as lyrical assemblages
Brian Sholis
Mystic Parallax
Awol Erizku’s surreal visions of Africa and its diaspora
Ashley James
Carnival
In Colombia, Jim C. Nedd reflects on the visual codes of mythology
Daniel Berndt
Grayscales
Tom Sandberg’s meditations on absence
Pico Iyer
Cosmic Atlas
Tavares Strachan’s assemblages of colliding histories
Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
Good Night
Feng Li’s absurdist dramas on the streets of Chinese cities
Xuan Juliana Wang
My Grandfather Turned into a Tiger
Between Laos and Minnesota, Pao Houa Her’s memories and dreams
Kong Pheng Pha
True North
Dionne Lee’s intricate collages portray the poetics of survival
Shiv Kotecha
Southern Journeys
In the 1980s, Baldwin Lee made stars of his Black subjects
Casey Gerald
Genesis
Juan Brenner chronicles the glitter and gold of Guatemala’s youth
Suleman Sheikh Anaya
Endnote
5 questions for Akwaeke Emezi
In this issue of Aperture, photographers explore the idea of cosmologies through their origins, histories, and local universes. The issue will feature a profile of Deana Lawson, whose work draws on visions of the African diaspora; a look at the role of the photograph in the paintings of Vija Celmins, which consider natural phenomena, the cosmos, and time; Michael Schmidt’s imagery of artistic life in Berlin in the 1980s; Batia Suter’s work with found images; Pao Houa Her’s project on the experiences of Hmong people, and much more.
