The new monograph delves into the complex time of transition from child into adolescent, when awareness of the self merges with awareness of the gaze of others upon the self. With all proceeds going to charities supporting people suffering from homelessness, photographer Nigel Shafran has produced a thought-provoking book The People on the Street.
Since , the number of rough sleepers in London has doubled β a poignant fact when we take in the signifiers of wealth and fast-paced urban life present in the images. Courtesy of the artist Writer: Sophie Gladstone. The thoroughly researched book conceptualises the historical dangers and difficulties that have surrounded abortion and contraception, through to the present day.
Despite the fact that safe and efficient means of abortion now exist, many countries and religions still do not give women significant reproductive rights.
Consequently, 47, women die every year from botched abortions. For Jean-Vincent Simonet, Japan has always been ethereal. With a passion for excess and entropy, Simonet is known for going beyond boundaries of photography; analogue images are manipulated by experiments during printing, creating transformations that abstract and blur, evoking feelings of being ingested by the mythical organism that is Japan.
Launched in , the biennial award offers a development opportunity and touring exhibition showing January Issues of race, gender and cultural identity run powerfully throughout all mediums Hank Willis Thomas works with, and now Aperture has published a survey of his phenomenal interdisciplinary career.
