Levitt, Helen, et al. Aperture, Vol. 19, No. 4

Aperture, 1975. Featuring: Helen Levitt; Milton Rogovin, photos of Buffalo, New York; Mark Goodman, photos of Millerton, New York; and Dr. Barnardo. Texts by Robert Coles, Ben Maddow, and Alan Trachtenberg. Fine, like new with small label on spine with volume and number 19:4. Summary:

Volume 19, Number 4, published in 1975, is notable for several reasons:

📸 Featured Photographic Portfolios

• The issue includes photographs of New York City by Helen Levitt, presented as the magazine’s first full-color portfolio. This marks an important moment in Aperture’s history, since earlier issues were dominated by black-and-white photography.

🗽 Essays and Critical Texts

• The issue pairs photographic work with critical and contextual writing: there’s an essay by Robert Coles and additional texts accompanying photographic series — for example, narrative or analytical pieces by writers like Mark Goodman and Allan Trachtenberg.

📍 Additional Photographic Projects

• In addition to Levitt’s New York images, the issue presents photographs of Buffalo, New York by Milton Rogovin, highlighting documentary and socially connected photographic practices from different urban environments.

📰 Overall Character

• Like many Aperture issues of its era, Vol. 19 No. 4 blends photographic portfolios with interpretive essays, engaging both visual and intellectual facets of photography. The combination of color street photography, documentary work, and critical writing reflects the magazine’s role as a bridge between artistic practice and photographic theory in the 1970s.