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Aperture No. 260
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This issue, the latest in Aperture's series focusing on photography scenes in different international cities, looks at the dynamic South Korean capital, now at the centre of contemporary art and culture. Aperture No. 260 explores how photographers have chronicled and participated in the countless transformations of... Read More
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Exploring the city of Seoul, a centre of contemporary art and culture.

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This issue, the latest in Aperture's series focusing on photography scenes in different international cities, looks at the dynamic South Korean capital, now at the centre of contemporary art and culture.

Aperture No. 260 explores how photographers have chronicled and participated in the countless transformations of Seoul, a megacity defined by millennia of tradition and a future still being written.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781597115810

Publisher: Aperture

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Aperture

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by Aperture Aperture
  • Edited by Aperture

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 269.0mm

Weight: 589g

Pages: 160

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