Critique
Critique is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
Elton John’s new vision
‘The Radical Eye’, the superstar’s opulently framed collection of modernist photography, is a…
Feminist scrutiny
Photographs challenge norms of female sexuality, beauty and domesticity. The first in a new series of…
Browsing, or reading?
A new shop demonstrates the global resurgence of indie magazines. Critique by Rick Poynor
From trade to poetry
Barcelona’s new Museu del Disseny shows how design can claim a space for itself. Critique by Rick Poynor…
Depth and ambiguity
Another Way of Telling, by John Berger and Jean Mohr, extends the possibilities of the photographic…
Cold War culture-jammer
Hispanic photomonteur Josep Renau aimed Technicolor jets of scorn at the mirage of US consumerist…
Online rhetoric
Though intended to make its contents ‘democratic’, art website The Space is a perplexing jumble.…
Words and pictures talking
Canongate has reissued John Berger and Jean Mohr’s A Fortunate Man, about Gloucestershire doctor John…
Against the flow
As editorial design becomes more predictable, Swedish feminist quarterly Bang kicks against visual…
Energy and emotion
Aperture’s new series of photography books may prove to be an essential educational resource for serious…