Critique
Critique (established 1999) is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
Depth and ambiguity
Another Way of Telling, by John Berger and Jean Mohr, extends the possibilities of the photographic narrative. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
Cold War culture-jammer
Hispanic photomonteur Josep Renau aimed Technicolor jets of scorn at the mirage of US consumerist culture. By Rick Poynor
Online rhetoric
Though intended to make its contents ‘democratic’, art website The Space is a perplexing jumble. Critique by Rick Poynor
Words and pictures talking
Canongate has reissued John Berger and Jean Mohr’s A Fortunate Man, about Gloucestershire doctor John Sassall. How does it compare with the 1967 original? Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
Against the flow
As editorial design becomes more predictable, Swedish feminist quarterly Bang kicks against visual norms. Critique by Rick Poynor
Energy and emotion
Aperture’s new series of photography books may prove to be an essential educational resource for serious smartphone snappers
Readymade format
An illustrated ‘gift book’ dictionary by Heretic brings Marcel Duchamp’s ideas to a wider audience. Critique by Rick Poynor
Photographer as page maker
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
Space for stories
Visual Editions’ box of literary maps challenges authors to think differently about the structures that link words and images. Critique by Rick Poynor
Occupation hazardous
For ‘place hackers’, subversive and daredevil urban explorers, photography validates a search for the sublime. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor