Eye Magazine

Opinion: Photography

Traces of a drifter

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

Browsing, or reading?

Graphic design, Magazines, Photography, Typography, Visual culture

A new shop demonstrates the global resurgence of indie magazines. Critique by Rick Poynor

Depth and ambiguity

Book design, Photography, Visual culture

Another Way of Telling, by John Berger and Jean Mohr, extends the possibilities of the photographic narrative. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Cold War culture-jammer

Design history, Photography, Visual culture

Hispanic photomonteur Josep Renau aimed Technicolor jets of scorn at the mirage of US consumerist culture. 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

Editorial Eye 89

Graphic design, Illustration, Magazines, New media, Photography

Photography and illustration may be separate disciplines, but they are interwoven with design. The photo…

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

Photographer as page maker

Design history, Graphic design, Magazines, Photography, Reviews, Visual culture, Web Critique

David Campany’s examination of Walker Evans’ freewheeling magazine work – for Fortune, Architectural Forum, Life, and others – is a revelation. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

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