Unparalleled Portraiture

Celebrating 100 years since the birth of Irving Penn, an extensive retrospective of the photographer’s portfolio is presented at C/O Berlin.

10 to See: Degree Shows

In a fast-developing visual and digital world, graduates offer unique, forward-thinking perspectives on a globalised landscape.

A Changing Landscape

The first UK solo exhibition of German photographer, Olaf Otto Becker, opens at Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London. 

Influential Messages

Art Basel’s photography selection includes key voices, raising awareness of ongoing social, political and ecological questions.

An Enduring Legacy

Photographer Jean Molitor has been tracking the legacy of Bauhaus since 2009, capturing the movement’s bold aesthetic.

Uncanny Constructions

Exploring the timely boundary between truth and fiction, Thomas Wrede’s works offer a surreal reflection on the fidelity of photography.

Illuminating Cities

Sabine Weiss and Fred Herzog articulate the post-war urban landscape through a bold use of contrast, holding up a mirror to society.

Visualising Systems

Mary Mattingly looks into the wider effects of mining and chemical cultivation, investigating supply chains through a critical approach.

Bold Observations

Combining strong geometric patterns, clean lines and bold colours, Leonardo Pucci’s body of work, documents the urban landscape.

Altered Topographies

During travels throughout Europe, the US, Asia and North Africa, Otto Reitsperger captured the sea illuminated only by moonlight.

Unreal Sequences

Chris Dorley-Brown’s hyperreal works capture the breadth of contemporary experience, documenting street corners in East London.

Redefining History

2018’s first Magnum Square Print Sale explores the theme of Freedom, investigating its definition and legacy through influential photographers.

Urban Landscapes

Museum of London brings together portraiture, documentary, conceptual photography and film to draw a striking portrait of the nocturnal city.

An Inspirational Journey

Emily Shur’s Super Extra Natural!, documents the American photographer’s time in Japan, offering personal reflections on a unique landscape.

Indelible Traces

Mark Ruwedel’s work demonstrates how geological, historical and political events have shaped the natural landscape.

Exploring Performativity

Cindy Sherman is one of the most influential figures in contemporary art. A new body of work is inspired by 1920s Hollywood cinema.

5 to See: This Weekend

How can photography make sense of the world? Shows running 2-3 June demonstrate the ways practitioners are engaging with timely ideas.

Capturing Individuality

Fashion photographer Gösta Peterson combined styled compositions with spontaneity, foregrounding the individuality of each subject.

Altered Geology

Landscapes After Ruskin at Grey Art Gallery, New York, explores how practitioners are making sense of the changing environment.

Aesthetica Issue 83 Available Now

The June / July edition of Aesthetica is available now. Issue 83, A New Way of Seeing, considers the intersection between the created and the real.