Critique
Critique is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
Empathy and doubt in Arles
From the cool alienation of colour to the directness of black and white – Rick Poynor reflects on the…
Identity crisis
Rebranding ITV was meant to generate a warm glow – not the heated reaction it received from viewers.…
Cold-blooded runaways
A third edition of Redheaded Peckerwood, Christian Patterson’s ravishing photobook, gives this enduring…
An outlandish everyman
These short films throw new light on the eccentric collaboration between 1960s film-maker / designer…
Look south
In the first of a new series of Photo Critiques, Rick Poynor examines The Latin American Photobook by…
The woman who took on the Wolf Man
Sława Harasymowicz’s first foray into graphic novels illuminates a Freudian case history with thrilling…
Graphic and grotesque
Hidden Treasure, in its reflection of our bodies in all their pathos and horror, has a morbid but…
Regeneration X
Laura Oldfield Ford’s grainy Savage Messiah brings new urgency to an updated punk aesthetic. Critique by…
Scarcity and silence: Amc2 Journal
An image-led journal marries the serendipitous collisions of image-sharing sites with the physicality of…
The list goes on
Umberto Eco’s book The Infinity of Lists is erudite, informative and beautifully crafted: a contemporary…