Search
393 results
The joy and sadness of dust
/opinion/article/the-joy-and-sadness-of-dust
A familiar domestic nuisance provides the theme for this ambiguous and labyrinthine exhibition.
Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
Fabricated reality
/opinion/article/fabricated-reality
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
Twisting the alien
/opinion/article/twisting-the-alien
Set to minimalist techno, Arthur Jafa’s APEX is a cycle of images that illuminate the condition of black people within white-dominated culture. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
Four-wheeled dreams
/opinion/article/four-wheeled-dreams
A new book of photographs of cars fails to acknowledge the bigger picture. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
Recolouring the past
/opinion/article/recolouring-the-past
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
Palaces of petroleum
/opinion/article/palaces-of-petroleum
The adventurous design of a 1960 book promoting Australia’s fossil fuel industry offers a poignant glimpse of an optimistic, unquestioning age.Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
Crisis by design
/review/article/crisis-by-design
Editors Tony Fry and Adam Nocek present Design in Crisis as part of an ‘ongoing conversation that aims to challenge how designers engage with the planetary crises …
Poster man and boy
/review/article/poster-man-and-boy
Paul Rennie’s Tom Eckersley: A Mid-century Modern Master is a fascinating account of Eckersley’s prolific output …
Sci-fi high
I have not enjoyed a novel as much as Rian Hughes’s XX: A Novel, Graphic for some time …