Opinion: Photography

 
Traces of a drifter

Traces of a drifter

Photography, Critique / Photography

Camera in hand, Harry Pearce dives into the urban underbelly in search of the unfathomable. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Elton John's new vision

Elton John's new vision

Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography, Web Critique

‘The Radical Eye’, the superstar’s opulently framed collection of modernist photography, is a revelation. 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
 
Browsing, or reading?

Browsing, or reading?

Graphic design, Magazines, Photography, Typography, Visual culture

A new shop demonstrates the global resurgence of indie magazines. Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Depth and ambiguity

Depth and ambiguity

Book design, Photography, Visual culture

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

Cold War culture-jammer

Design history, Photography, Visual culture

Hispanic photomonteur Josep Renau aimed Technicolor jets of scorn at the mirage of US consumerist culture. By Rick Poynor
 
Words and pictures talking

Words and pictures talking

Book design, Design history, Graphic design, Photography, Typography, Critique / Photography

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
 
Editorial Eye 89

Editorial Eye 89

Graphic design, Illustration, Magazines, New media, Photography

Photography and illustration may be separate disciplines, but they are interwoven with design. The photo…
 
Energy and emotion

Energy and emotion

Book design, Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Aperture’s new series of photography books may prove to be an essential educational resource for serious smartphone snappers
 
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
 
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