Aperture Magazine, now in its fiftieth year of publication, was created by photographers and writers in order to communicate with creative people everywhere. Each issue brings together thought provoking and inspirational images by great photographers and insightful essays by the most fascinating writers around. Beautifully reproduced photographs and text offer a new perspective on current ideas in photography. Four times a year, Aperture presents a diverse selection of provocative features that range from works in progress to profiles of established masters of the medium. The culmination of an extraordinary and vibrant history, Aperture is described by professionals as "e; the most serious and the most valuable periodical in the photographic world,"e; "e; a permanent testimonial to the great photographers of our time,"e; and "e; essential for anyone who takes photography seriously today."e;