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Opinion: Critique / Photography

Double satori

For photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012), making pictures was a form of spiritual quest. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

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

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

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

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

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

Occupation hazardous

Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

For ‘place hackers’, subversive and daredevil urban explorers, photography validates a search for the sublime. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Empathy and doubt in Arles

Critique / Photography

From the cool alienation of colour to the directness of black and white – Rick Poynor reflects on the 2013 Rencontres d’Arles photography festival. Critique by Rick Poynor

Out of the ordinary