Here Eduardo Cadava demonstrates that Walter Benjamin articulates his conception of history through the language of photography. Focusing on Benjamin's discussions of the flashes and images of history, he argues that the questions raised by this link...

"No Man's Land" is a surreal and terrifying place. It is a world empty of the living, consisting entirely of strange, often sinister interiors: spas that look like forensic laboratories; classrooms that fill us with vague, unsettling fears; offices;...

From one of our most treasured filmmakers, a pictorial history of America—a stunning and moving collection of some of Ken Burns’s favorite photographs, with an introduction by Burns, and an essay by longtime MoMA photography curator Sarah Hermanson...

Following the discovery of her archive in a thrift auction house in 2007, Vivian Maier's posthumous trajectory from relative obscurity to one of the great American photographers of the twentieth century is the story of a singular talent. From the...

Best known for her work documenting the political upheaval in Central America during the 1970s and 80s, American photographer Susan Meiselas has been at the forefront of ethical debates around documentary photography for most of her career. Through close...

There's a mystery to Weegee. The American photographer's career seems to be split in two. On one side, his sensational photography printed in North American tabloids: corpses of gangsters lying in pools of their own blood; bodies trapped in battered...

A vivid, intimate, and largely unseen photographic chronicle of one week in the life of jazz icon Billie HolidayIn 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday during a week-long run of performances at the...

Beginning with Paul Strand’s landmark From the Viaduct in 1916 and continuing through the present day, Photography’s Last Century examines defining moments in the history of the medium. Featuring nearly 100 masterworks from one of the most important...

Follow the expedition of the Polarstern, an Arctic icebreaker that is making exploration history and taking climate research to the next level, through this photographic journey.In September 2019, a team of 600 researchers from 19 countries united in a...

A photographic celebration of the love and relationships of queer people of color by a former New York Times multimedia journalist“Thank you, Jamal Jordan, for showing the world what true love looks like.”—Billy PorterQueer Love in Color features...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith’s singular...

Filled with compelling images from revered photographers of the past and present, this book sheds light on marginalized communities who have traditionally shied away from the camera.At a time when individual rights are being contested and when those on...

A visual exploration of London's most intriguing square mile captures Soho's essence--from seedy to sublime, and everything in between. During a time of development and change that has the potential to transform the unique character of London's Soho,...

Annie Leibovitz, our most celebrated living photographer, explains how her pictures are made, in this updated edition of her classic text In this newly revised edition of her seminal work, Leibovitz addresses young photographers and readers interested in...

A celebrated return of Robert Frank's seminal photobook The Americans to Aperture's catalog--one of the most important bodies of photographic work ever made.In the nearly seven decades since its publication in France in 1958, then in the United States in...

A collection of quotations compiled by Robert Adams that have inspired his work and life for almost 60 yearsThis volume is a personal compilation of quotations that have played a vital role in orienting Robert Adams’ life as a photographer. Copied down...

Brodie’s decade-long record of his transient American life, brimming with poignant stories of those he encountered along the wayMike Brodie’s first monograph, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, touched down more than decade ago, depicting his fellow...

An in-depth exploration of the last six decades of work from the iconic photographer and filmmaker, with a special focus on his ceaseless experimentation and artistic collaborationsThis volume, published in conjunction with the artist’s first solo...