Aperture, not to be confused with the
other Aperture, existed for most of the twentieth century as a magazine, is now also a website, and labels itself as a not-for-profit foundation, but it's always been about photography.
The Other Life of Photography written by Charles Bowden reflects on a life filled with, fascinated by, and really about photography. To be completely fair, the article is winding like the train-of-thoughts it is, filled with various anecdotes and leaping between times and occasions and general philosophizing, but its point is thus: Photography naturally has an innate draw, an innate believability that makes it seem real, and remains still enthralling after a lifetime. Even should a picture be worth a thousand words it's weighted heavily towards verbal imagery, but still provides a fascinating insight into the nature of photographs.
