As the United States navigates a political moment defined by the close of the Obama era and the rise of #BlackLivesMatter activism, Aperture magazine will release “Vision & Justice,” a special issue guest edited by Sarah Lewis, the distinguished author and art historian, addressing the role of photography in the African American experience.
Inspired by Frederick Douglass’s 1864 speech “Pictures and Progress,” a call to consider the transformative power of pictures in affecting change in the United States, the immense range of images and writing in “Vision & Justice” underscores photography’s unique corrective power and ability to shape a new vision of the country.
“Vision & Justice” features a wide span of photographic projects by such luminaries as Lyle Ashton Harris, Annie Leibovitz, Sally Mann, Jamel Shabazz, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Deborah Willis, as well as the brilliant voices of an emerging generation—Devin Allen, Awol Erizku, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, and Hank Willis Thomas, among many others. Additional contributions include essays by such celebrated writers, historians, and artists as Vince Aletti, Teju Cole, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Margo Jefferson, Wynton Marsalis, and Claudia Rankine.
Features now available for preview:
• Vision & Justice: Guest Editor’s Note by Sarah Lewis
• Black Lives, Silver Screen: An exclusive, wide-ranging conversation between acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay and award-winning cinematographer Bradford Young
• Love Visual: A Conversation with Haile Gerima by Sarah Lewis and Dagmawi Woubshet
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