Memory Preserved 

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe documents the unprecedented changes experienced by Black communities on Daufuskie Island.

Dawoud Bey’s Street Portraits

The landmark photographic series is on display at Denver Art Museum, foregrounding the importance of collaboration between artist and subject.

Personal Narratives

Aesthetica spoke to Raven Row curator John Millar about the gallery’s upcoming exhibition of Peter Hujar, a pioneering photographer of the 1980s.

Unexpected Landscapes

Visual artist Esteban Amaro creates otherworldly works that blur the line between sculpture and photography to transform familiar landscapes.

2024 Wrapped: Interviews That Shaped The Year

Aesthetica looks back on the insightful and inspiring interviews with artists that have been featured in the magazine throughout 2024.

5 Images for Winter

Snow covered fields. Icy lakes. Glowing lights. These five lens-based artists create works full of intrigue and atmosphere – evoking winter’s chill.

Rhythms of a City

Autograph showcases the photographs of Abi Morocco Studio, with images that capture Nigeria’s cultural revolution during the 1970s.

Natural Wonders

Sebastião Salgado’s renowned documentary photographs shines a light on the immense beauty and fragile ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest.

Berlin 1990s: A City in Transition

C/O Berlin presents over 200 photographs of the city during the 1990s – a time when it was wrestling with deep and often irreconcilable tensions.

Life in Bloom

Photographer Violeta Sofia turns points of insecurity into moments of celebration with her visually arresting photographs of blooming flowers.

Aesthetica Wrapped: Key Themes from 2024

Aesthetica looks back at the themes that have dominated its pages over the past twelve months, from abstraction to artificial intelligence and more.

Capturing a Decade

Tate Britain presents a landmark retrospective on the photography that documented the seismic political, social and cultural shifts of the 1980s.

Rotimi Fani-Kayode:
Staging Desire

Autograph, London, showcases the work of a key contemporary artist whose practice explored themes of race, sexuality and the politics of difference.

Behind the Lens: 2024 in Photography

Aesthetica shares some of the world-class photographers featured during 2024, including Fares Micue, Neal Grundy and Marta Djourina.

Urgent Storytelling

Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson has documented the people, animals and landscape of remote Arctic regions for over forty years.

As We Rise

A monumental body of work by Black artists from the Wedge Collection is at Saatchi Gallery in London, looking at themes of identity, community and power.

Nocturnal Wandering

Marie Dreezen explores Belgium’s forgotten places, using light and colour to build locations that feel at once strange yet eerily familiar.

An Intimate Portrait

The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases best in contemporary photography. The 2024 artists are now at the National Portrait Gallery.

2024: A Year in Covers

From vibrant autumn leaves to obscured portraits, Aesthetica takes a look back at the remarkable photographers that made it onto this year’s covers.

Speculative Visions

Ekow Eshun curates photography by David Ụzọchukwu, responding to the parable: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.”