Opinion: Reviews

 
Twisting the alien

Twisting the alien

New media, Photography, Reviews, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Set to minimalist techno, Arthur Jafa’s APEX is a cycle of images that illuminate the condition of black people within white-dominated culture. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Feminist scrutiny

Feminist scrutiny

Critical path, Photography, Reviews, Critique / Photography

Photographs challenge norms of female sexuality, beauty and domesticity. The first in a new series of monthly Photo Critiques by Rick Poynor
 
Photographer as page maker

Photographer as page maker

Design history, Graphic design, Magazines, Photography, Reviews, Visual culture, Web Critique

David Campany’s examination of Walker Evans’ freewheeling magazine work – for Fortune, Architectural Forum, Life, and others – is a revelation. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Regeneration X

Regeneration X

Book design, Illustration, Reviews, Visual culture

Laura Oldfield Ford’s grainy Savage Messiah brings new urgency to an updated punk aesthetic. Critique by Rick Poynor
 

Fuzzy logic for furry animals

Reviews, Typography

Reason, sense and high-tech at the FUSE98 conference