Eye Magazine

Opinion: Critique / Photography

Colour field

Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

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

Fabricated reality

Photography, Critique / Photography

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

Photography, Critique / Photography

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

Book design, Graphic design, Photography, Critique / Photography, Front matter

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

Mississippi dreaming

Photography, Critique / Photography, Web Critique

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

Graphic language of the wall

Book design, Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

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

Beyond context

Critique / Photography

Mysterious equipment, unknown officials and arcane activities combine in a photobook that is testament to the art of selection and editing. Photo Critique By Rick Poynor

The joy and sadness of dust

Critique / Photography, Web Critique

A familiar domestic nuisance provides the theme for this ambiguous and labyrinthine exhibition. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Inner space man

Graphic design, Illustration, Photography, Critique / Photography, Web Critique

Mike Halliwell’s montages illustrate J. G. Ballard’s The Atrocity Exhibition with a flair that evokes the late author’s own experiments with cut and paste. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Age of the female gaze