「在這充滿爭議的歷史性時刻,我們所陳述的故事是一種社會責任。」- Sandra Cisneros。

令人擔憂的美國經濟前景與充滿爭議的美國政府,攝影師如何看待這個嶄新的國家秩序?Aperture 最新一刊的「American Destiny(美國命運)」,透過攝影探討對於勞工與社會的反思。揭示著經濟衰退所造成的束縛,傳統農業、地方工廠、工業轉型與難民問題。透露著階級、性別歧視、教育問題與種族主義之間的相互關聯性如何影響當今美國的社會生活。

FRONT
Redux
Sara Knelman on Photoanalysis, 1973

Collectors: The Travel Writers
Contributions by William Finnegan, Pico Iyer, Suketu Mehta, and Stephanie Rosenbloom

Dispatches
Kaya Genç on Istanbul

Curriculum
by Moyra Davey and Jason Simon

BACK
Object Lessons
Worker Badges from G. & G. Precision Works, ca. 1940

WORDS
Editors’ Note: American Destiny

Witness: LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Kellie Jones
The enduring images of the civil rights movement

The Working Life
How do photographs describe the work we do?
by David Campany

Chauncy Hare's Protest
A trenchant view of 1970s America
by Rebecca Bengal

Central Valley: Katy Grannan in Conversation with Sarah M. Miller
Under blinding sunlight, the people of Highway 99

Fred Lonidier: The Agitator
Labor relations, union dues, and visual activism
by Brian Wallis

Allan Sekula: Aerospace Folktales
Dreams and illusions of the postwar economy
by Drew Sawyer

PICTURES
Gregory Halpern
Introduction by Brian Sholis

Alessandra Sanguinetti
Introduction by Chris Jennings

Carolyn Drake
Introduction by Garnette Cadogan

Mark Neville
Introduction by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa

Kathya Maria Landeros
Introduction by Sandra Cisneros

Anthony Lepore
Introduction by Jonathan Griffin

Jim Goldberg & Donovan Wylie
Introduction by Laura Wexler and Chris Klatell

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