Critique
Critique (established 1999) is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
Heroes of wealth and power
An essay published in Mack’s new ‘Discourse’ series accuses three prominent photographers of creating…
Godard becomes ‘Godard’
In 1961, the new wave director posed for a German fashion photographer. The publicity pictures that…
Palaces of petroleum
The adventurous design of a 1960 book promoting Australia’s fossil fuel industry offers a poignant…
The haunted shore
Images of spectral sea-bathers haunt the light-filled pages of Nigel Grierson’s self-published…
Netherworld of crime
A new book expands upon an impressionistic photo-essay about crime by Gordon Parks, including images not…
Recolouring the past
At a time when image falsification is a source of concern, the digital colourisation of documentary…
Instant object of desire
A Polaroid photo’s aura of ephemeral uniqueness lies in its small white frame and supercharged surface.…
Whiteness made strange
A brave, if flawed book of artists’ photographs addresses racism through the lens of white privilege.…
Scalpel sharp
A UK retrospective examines the explosive photomontages of feminist artist Linder, from the shock of her…
Among the spirits
Nadav Kander’s poetic and mysterious portraits of celebrities steal the limelight in his new book The…