Photography Past/Forward
Aperture at Fifty

The Dayton Art Institute in Dayton Ohio will be displaying Photography Past/Forward: Aperture at Fifty through July 30^th, 2006.

In 1952, six photographers including Minor White, Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and others launched a new and revolutionary publication named Aperture, which was entirely devoted to the fine art of photography and its artists and art lovers. Since then, Aperture has grown from a small periodical to an organization that reaches the largest and most diverse audience for significant photography worldwide.

Today Aperture is considered the premier non-profit organization dedicated to the fine art photography. In a additional to a quarterly magazine they also support book publications, limited edition photographic sales, and curate shows for established as well as up and coming photographers. It is the goal of Aperture to present to the public the finest examples of photographic art being shown in the world today.

Photography Past/Forward: Aperture at Fifty explores the current trends in photography that have brought the medium to its present status as one of the most important art forms, and arguably, the most powerful medium of communication. It demonstrates how Aperture shaped and furthered this evolution, expanding the audience for photography.

Aperture at Fifty celebrates the use of photography today in everything from design and advertising to journalism, video, film, performance, and art installation. Photographers represented will include Dorothea Lange, Minor White, Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Sally Mann, Nan Goldin, Chuck Close, Robert Rauschenberg, Bill Viols, and Barbara Kruger.

More information about the show can be found at http://www.daytonartinstitute.org