Opinion
Different kinds of marginal
Diane Arbus’s unsparing images retain their power to discomfit. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
Colour field
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
By choosing colour over black-and-white, Joel Meyerowitz pioneered a new type of American street…
Fabricated reality
Andreas Gursky’s photographs, manipulated like digital paintings, have spectacular impact. But they can…
Witness of the moment
A book of informal interviews with Henri Cartier-Bresson is testament to a great photographer’s…
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Relentless riches
Critique / Photography, Front matter
A busy blockbuster traces the stunning history of Japanese photobooks. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
Mississippi dreaming
Alec Soth’s photographic journey along the Mississippi merges the documentary with the poetic. Photo…
Graphic language of the wall
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
Brassaï’s photographs of graffiti with handwritten typographic treatments made striking, almost punkish…
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Beyond context
Mysterious equipment, unknown officials and arcane activities combine in a photobook that is testament…