Aperture 253 – Winter 2023

Desire

Aperture’s “Desire” issue—featuring an exclusive interview with Juergen Teller on the occasion of his major retrospective in Paris—presents a wide-ranging look at how photographs are expressions and conduits of our wants, needs, and wishes.

With a nod to the surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel, Aperture’s winter issue delves into how photographs function as products, expressions, and catalysts of all manner of desire, from the romantic to the material to the fantastical.

Features include a profile of the evocative but understudied work of Imai Hisae; the feminist self-portraiture of Melissa Shook; a conversation with the provocative fashion photographer Juergen Teller on the occasion of a major exhibition in Paris; a look at the latest work of Jonathas de Andrade, one of Brazil’s most renowned contemporary artists; and a deep dive into the archive of Ohtsubo Kosen, who combines Ikebana craft and photography with beguiling results.

Support has been provided by members of Aperture’s Magazine Council: Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović, Susan and Thomas Dunn, Kate Cordsen and Denis O’Leary, and Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, MUUS Collection.

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