Aperture – Magazine Aperture 253 : Desire

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.