John Edmonds: Collide, from the project Father’s Jewels, 2022
Aperture is proud to present a new limited-edition print by the acclaimed artist John Edmonds, originally commissioned for the landmark “70th Anniversary Issue” of Aperture magazine.
This evocative work emerges from Edmonds’s project Father’s Jewels, a profound meditation on Black masculinity, grief, and the sacred. Drawing inspiration from Aperture’s seminal 1990 issue “The Body in Question”—which navigated the height of the culture wars and the AIDS crisis—Edmonds revisits these urgent themes through a contemporary lens, exploring the intersection of the physical and the spiritual.
In this striking composition, Edmonds depicts two men suspended in a space that feels outside of time. The men gather around a totemic and ambiguous barrier, their gestures echoing the solemnity of an improvised religious ritual. “I thought a lot about ‘The Body in Question,’” Edmonds reflects, “and had the idea of a group of individuals performing grief.” By utilizing the framework of religion, Edmonds navigates the complex politics of the body and the universal search for solace.
Proceeds from the sale of this print directly support the artist and Aperture’s publishing, educational and public programs.
Each limited-edition print is hand-packed with great care and ships from New York within 3–5 days.
John Edmonds: Collide, from the project Father’s Jewels, 2022