2017 Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom
Curated by For Freedoms, the 2017 Aperture Summer Open exhibition, On Freedom, offers a photographic response to Franklin D. Roosevelt鈥檚 Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The photographers and image-makers selected for inclusion each address these issues in their work in varying ways. By bringing them together, we aim to open up a dialogue about the nature and necessity of political action, the language and means by which we critique and produce avenues for sustainable change, and the relationship of photography to these issues.
In the hands of some of the photographers presented in this exhibition, the camera serves as a mirror, reflecting on the stark limitations that make social inequality visible. In others, the camera serves as a tool of liberation鈥攆or the body and the mind, and from personal and ecological danger, social constructs, and political limitations. The selection demonstrates how the democratic nature of photography can serve as a vehicle for diverse perspectives to visualize social problems, spark dialogue, and transform assumptions. For many, freedom may be an illusion, but the photographers here are committed to mapping new aspects of this critical terrain鈥攊dentifying a trail, pointing out dangers along the way鈥攁nd ever aiming toward the light.
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Curated by For Freedoms, the 2017 Aperture Summer Open exhibition, On Freedom, offers a photographic response to Franklin D. Roosevelt鈥檚 Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The photographers and image-makers selected for inclusion each address these issues in their work in varying ways. By bringing them together, we aim to open up a dialogue about the nature and necessity of political action, the language and means by which we critique and produce avenues for sustainable change, and the relationship of photography to these issues.
In the hands of some of the photographers presented in this exhibition, the camera serves as a mirror, reflecting on the stark limitations that make social inequality visible. In others, the camera serves as a tool of liberation鈥攆or the body and the mind, and from personal and ecological danger, social constructs, and political limitations. The selection demonstrates how the democratic nature of photography can serve as a vehicle for diverse perspectives to visualize social problems, spark dialogue, and transform assumptions. For many, freedom may be an illusion, but the photographers here are committed to mapping new aspects of this critical terrain鈥攊dentifying a trail, pointing out dangers along the way鈥攁nd ever aiming toward the light.
Artists on show
- Allison Stewart
- Angie Smith
- Argus Paul Estabrook
- Ashley Gates
- Ben Schonberger
- Brian Ulrich
- Brittany Powell
- Claire Beckett
- Corinne May Botz
- Daesha Devón Harris
- Dan Farnum
- Daniel Evan Rodriguez
- Daniel Shea
- Danna Singer
- Danna Singer
- David Rothenberg
- Debi Cornwall
- Demetris Koilalous
- Emily Yang
- Francesca Magnani
- Gary Burnley
- Gigi Gatewood
- Harm Weistra
- Hector Rene
- Holly Lynton
- Inbal Abergil
- Jared Thorne
- Jasmine Clark
- Jay Turner Frey Seawell
- Jean-Christian Bourcart
- Jenny Brover
- Jess T. Dugan
- Joaquin Palting
- Jon Henry
- Jordan Reznick
- Ke Peng
- KevinCharityFair
- Kris Graves
- Lali Khalid
- Lili Holzer-Glier
- Lisa K. Blatt
- Mara Sánchez-Renero
- Marc McAndrews
- Marcus DeSieno
- Marta Kosiorek
- Mary Beth Meehan
- Matt Hamon
- Maureen Drennan
- Michael Joseph
- Mike Fernandez
- Mike Osborne
- Millee Tibbs
- Myriam Abdelaziz
- Noritaka Minami
- Perri Hofmann
- Phil Roeder
- Rhea Karam
- Sam O鈥橬eill
- Sandra Chen Weinstein
- Shane Rocheleau
- Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
- Stephen Joyce
- Steven Trent Smith
- Susan Barnett
- Xavi Bou
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