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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

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

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

Streets without people

Book design, Photography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

Emigre’s Rudy VanderLans explores the clotted terrain of Tokyo’s Shibuya and Shinjuku districts with the eye of a graphic designer

Hole in the head

Graphic design, Photography, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

An artful book of deliberately torn, anonymous photographs from the Cold War era leaves many questions unanswered. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

The sound and the echo

Samir Husni, Jeremy Leslie, Angharad Lewis

Magazine special issue, part two

Cinematic view

Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

A recent edition of Aperture examines the enduring affinity between two art forms. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Twisting the alien

New media, Photography, Reviews, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

Rick Poynor

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