Critique

 

Critique (established 1999) is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.

 
Emotion pictures

Emotion pictures

Rick Poynor

Alex Prager’s ravishing tableaux mix glamour and unease. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Mining the ruins

Mining the ruins

Rick Poynor

When petrol replaced coal, the island of Hashima lost its purpose and slowly decayed. Rick Poynor examines a new photobook haunted by the past
 
Enigmas of abstraction

Enigmas of abstraction

Rick Poynor

Photography records with startling accuracy. Why use it to create non-representational images? Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Different kinds of marginal

Different kinds of marginal

Rick Poynor

Diane Arbus’s unsparing images retain their power to discomfit. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Colour field

Colour field

Rick Poynor

By choosing colour over black-and-white, Joel Meyerowitz pioneered a new type of American street photography. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Fabricated reality

Fabricated reality

Rick Poynor

Andreas Gursky’s photographs, manipulated like digital paintings, have spectacular impact. But they can display a lofty detachment from their subjects. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Witness of the moment

Witness of the moment

Rick Poynor

A book of informal interviews with Henri Cartier-Bresson is testament to a great photographer’s intuitive eye. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Relentless riches

Relentless riches

Rick Poynor

A busy blockbuster traces the stunning history of Japanese photobooks. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Mississippi dreaming

Mississippi dreaming

Rick Poynor

Alec Soth’s photographic journey along the Mississippi merges the documentary with the poetic. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Graphic language of the wall

Graphic language of the wall

Rick Poynor

Brassaï’s photographs of graffiti with handwritten typographic treatments made striking, almost punkish paperback covers for Le Livre de Poche
 
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