Eye Magazine

Opinion

Netherworld of crime

A new book expands upon an impressionistic photo-essay about crime by Gordon Parks, including images not published at the time. By Rick Poynor

Introduction Eye 100

John L. Walters

For this issue, eleven prominent designers have generously given up time to talk about graphic design…

Recolouring the past

Photography, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

At a time when image falsification is a source of concern, the digital colourisation of documentary photographs is a retreat from the truth. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Instant object of desire

Photography, Typography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

A Polaroid photo’s aura of ephemeral uniqueness lies in its small white frame and supercharged surface. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Whiteness made strange

Photography, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

A brave, if flawed book of artists’ photographs addresses racism through the lens of white privilege. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Editorial Eye 54

One of the themes discussed in Eye 53, our ‘Brand madness special issue’, was the…

Scalpel sharp

Graphic design, Music design, Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

A UK retrospective examines the explosive photomontages of feminist artist Linder, from the shock of her punk collages to pictures that juxtapose provocation with flowers and dance