Opinion: Critique / Photography

 
Among the spirits

Among the spirits

Photography, Critique / Photography

Nadav Kander’s poetic and mysterious portraits of celebrities steal the limelight in his new book The Meeting. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Four-wheeled dreams

Four-wheeled dreams

Photography, Critique / Photography

A new book of photographs of cars fails to acknowledge the bigger picture. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Traces of longing

Traces of longing

Critique / Photography

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

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

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

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

A text-only book argues that ‘social’ photography is more about self-documentation than aesthetics. By Rick Poynor
 
Posters for the people

Posters for the people

Critique / Photography

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

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

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
 
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