Aperture 224 Fall 2016

This issue delves into the relationship between sound and image. How have photographers drawn inspiration from music? How have cultures of image making developed in tandem with music making? Whether capturing an intoxicating performance, or individuals lost in dance or caught in an ecstatic moment of listening, photographs give form to the ways sounds move us. This issue’s features include a profile on William Eggleston and his long-standing passion for music, a conversation with Vancouver-based photo-conceptualist Stan Douglas, a remembrance of the legendary Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, a look at underground rave culture in the 1990s, plus much more.

The WORDS section features "Listening for Eggleston" by John Jeremiah Sullivan; "Photographs & Phonographs" by Sara Knelman; "The Producer: Stan Douglas in Conversation with Kwami Coleman;" "Midnight in Bamako" by A. Chab Touré; and "Wild Sync: Lucy Raven in Conversation with Drew Sawyer."

The PICTURES section features "Michael Schmelling: Your Blues," introduction by Kelefa Sanneh; "Katsumi Watanabe’s Discology," introduction by Kyoichi Tsuzuki; "Total Records," introduction by Vince Aletti; "Newsha Tavakolian: Listen," introduction by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie; "Vinca Petersen: No System," introduction by Sheryl Garratt; "Santu Mofokeng: Pedi Dancers," introduction by Joshua Chuang; and "Noisy Pictures: A Sonic Sequence," contributions by Simon Baker, Martin Barnes, Geoffrey Batchen, David Campany, Jimena Canales, Noam M. Elcott, Virginia Heckert, Greil Marcus, Stephen Pinson, Brian Sholis, Matthew Witkovsky, and Karolina Ziębińska-Lewandowska.