Boot has previously been an independent photobook publisher and worked with Magnum Photos and Phaidon Press.

[1] Sarah Meister, curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art from 2009 to 2020, was named as Boot's replacement in the Executive Director position in January 2021,[2] starting in May 2021.

Its book publication program began in 1965, with Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition, which became one of its best-selling titles.

[5] Aperture supports the efforts of other non-profit organizations by partnering on books, exhibitions, and educational programming.

The Aperture Portfolio Prize is an annual international competition to discover, exhibit, and publish new talents in photography.