Opinion

 
Traces of longing

Traces of longing

Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

For Belgian collagist Katrien De Blauwer, making work is both an obsession and an act of therapy. By Rick Poynor
 
Defiance and revelation

Defiance and revelation

Photography, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

A new book of Peter Kennard’s work adds context and background detail to his angry, radical photomontages. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Banquet of images

Banquet of images

Photography, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

For its 50th anniversary, the Arles festival stages a generous array of contemporary and historical exhibitions. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor.
 
Nature in captivity

Nature in captivity

Photography, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

Luigi Ghirri’s rigorously composed pictures of 
plants outside people’s homes exercise a banal fascination. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
A confederacy of lunches

A confederacy of lunches

Food design, Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

A text-only book argues that ‘social’ photography is more about self-documentation than aesthetics. By Rick Poynor
 
Editorial Eye 98

Editorial Eye 98

Typography, Editorial

John L. Walters

When you visit St Bride Printing Library in London, or the living archive that is…
 
Posters for the people

Posters for the people

Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

Photographs by the Polish designer Wojciech Zamecznik investigate the use of posters as public communication By Rick Poynor
 
Catalogue of things

Catalogue of things

Critical path, Photography, Uncategorized, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

A close relative’s colour slides show a densely layered record of everyday life. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
From out of the blue

From out of the blue

Photography, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

Volume one of Anna Atkins’ beautiful study of British algae, issued in 1843, was the first ever publication to be printed using photography. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Awkward objects

Awkward objects

Photography, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

The tradition of the painted still life has been reinvented by contemporary photographers with pictures that pose a puzzle and slow the viewer down. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
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