Aperture Foundation, the leading nonprofit foundation dedicated to promoting photography, will celebrate its sixtieth anniversary beginning in Fall 2012. Founded in 1952 by some of the most significant photographers of all time, including Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Barbara Morgan, Minor White and others, Aperture was established as “common ground for the advancement of photography,” and for sixty years since has fostered the exchange of ideas among audiences worldwide and promoted wide public interest in the story of photography. The sixtieth anniversary celebrations will culminate with a star-studded gala and photography auction at Gotham Hall, New York. The auction will feature 60 works by 60 leading photographers including Chuck Close, Hank Willis Thomas, Sally Mann, Vik Muniz and William Wegman. Here is some of the treasures from the Foundation: Ansel Adams — Lake Tenaya, Yosemite National Park, 1946. © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Ansel Adams/Courtesy of Etherton Gallery, Tucson
Barbara Crane—Private Views, Coney Island, NY, 1982 – © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Barbara Crane/Courtesy and © Barbara Crane, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, and Higher Pictures, New York
Barney Kulok—Untitled (Joint Filler), 2012 – © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Barney Kulok/Courtesy and © Barney Kulok and Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
David Levinthal—Untitled from the series Wild West, 2012 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
David Levinthal/Courtesy and © David Levinthal
Dorothea Lange—Migratory Cotton Picker, Eloy, Arizona, 1940 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Dorothea Lange/Courtesy of Aperture Foundation
John Gossage—The Pond #14, 1984 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
John Gossage/Courtesy and © John Gossage and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago
Manuel Alvarez Bravo—Doctores, Hospital Juárez, México, 1935 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo/Courtesy of Asociación Manuel Álvarez Bravo AC and ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica
Matthew Monteith—Milovice, April 2002 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Matthew Monteith/Courtesy and © Matthew Monteith
Paul Strand—Rebecca, 1923 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Paul Strand/Courtesy of Aperture Foundation
Richard Mosse—Come Out (1966) VI, 2011 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Richard Mosse/Courtesy and © Richard Mosse and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Richard Renaldi—East Broadway, 2010 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Richard Renaldi/Courtesy and © Richard Renaldi
Stephen Shore—Untitled, 1972/2012 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Stephen Shore/Courtesy and © Stephen Shore and 303 Gallery, New York
Dawoud Bey—A Boy in Front of the Loew’s 125th Street Movie Theater, 1976 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Dawoud Bey/Courtesy and © Dawoud Bey and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago
Erwin Olaf—The Keyhole 3, 2011 © and courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
Erwin Olaf/Courtesy and © Erwin Olaf and Hasted Kraeutler, New York
