Opinion: Photography

 
Scenes from an imperfect world

Scenes from an imperfect world

Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Even Don McCullin expressed doubts about his photographs of war and suffering. What is their message today? Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Colour field

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

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

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

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

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

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
 
Inner space man

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

Age of the female gaze

Photography, Critique / Photography, Web Critique

Girl on Girl – a new survey of 40 contemporary photographers – raises questions about the nature of representation without necessarily answering them. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Double satori

Double satori

Photography, Critique / Photography

For photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012), making pictures was a form of spiritual quest. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
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