Aesthetica Issue 81 Available Now

The new issue, Beyond the Horizon, pays homage to the power of the individual, demonstrating how what makes us special is our ability to innovate.

Empirical Landscapes

Sallie Harrison’s series Geometric Los Angeles is a celebration of the city and a discovery of a multi-dimensional culture.

Presenting the Unknown

Zacharie Gaudrillot-Roy’s Façades is an intriguing conceptual series that focuses on the ever-imposing nature of superficiality and visual preconception.

Distinct Geometry

Sydney-born George Byrne creates collage-like images that depict landscapes as painterly abstractions, utilising the process of reduction.

Collective Action

WaterAid’s participatory photo project in Tombohuaun, Sierra Leone, documents life in the jungle.

Examining Urban Terrains

A rare collection of vintage prints by Daido Moriyama are at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, celebrating a view into lesser-known city streets.

Virtual Fabrication

Michael Reisch’s practice occupies the space between realism and digital transformation, expanding the boundaries of photography .

Metropolitan Development

Werner Bischof’s photos explore topical dichotomies, from industrial development and poverty to modernity and tradition.

Investigating Chronologies

The 2018 edition of India Art Fair foregrounds contemporary art from South Asia, offering insights into the region’s thriving cultural scene.

Expanded Viewpoints

A major touring exhibition draws a diverse and fragmented portrait of Israel and the West Bank, highlighting the complex nature of the region.

Shared Environments

Suki Dhanda is interested in ethnicity, people and place. A new body of work at Plymouth College of Art highlights the changing landscape of the city.

Conceptual Developments

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, celebrates the Düsseldorfer Photoschule; photographers who studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher.

Meaningful Fiction

Norwegian photographer Anja Niemi investigates notions of selfhood through self-conscious imagery, creating a playful yet powerful critique.

A Poignant Retelling

A new, timely exhibition at ICP, New York,  explores a dark period of American history by examining themes of imprisonment .

5 to See: This Weekend

Systems define the human experience. Exhibitions running 27-28 January inspect a range of contemporary structures.

Unheralded Contributions

Jeu de Paume sheds light on Raoul Hausmann’s photographic oeuvre, unearthing a collection of overlooked avant-garde work.

Dissolving Binaries

The Photographers’ Gallery, London, provides an intimate glimpse into a pocketed history of cross-dressing, and those that lived through it.

Photographic Mastery

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, showcases a point of innovative transformation for one of America’s greatest colour photographers: Stephen Shore.

The Physical Façade

The relationships between individuals and their bodies is complex. An exhibition examines this through the lens of 13 female photographers.

Exploring Resistance

A Universal History of Infamy, an ongoing multisite show, presents an examination of the relationship between Latin America and the wider US.