Opinion: Visual culture
Instant object of desire
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
A Polaroid photo’s aura of ephemeral uniqueness lies in its small white frame and supercharged surface.…
Scalpel sharp
Critique / Photography, Visual culture
A UK retrospective examines the explosive photomontages of feminist artist Linder, from the shock of her…
A confederacy of lunches
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
A text-only book argues that ‘social’ photography is more about self-documentation than aesthetics. By…
Catalogue of things
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
A close relative’s colour slides show a densely layered record of everyday life. Photo Critique by Rick…
Streets without people
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
Emigre’s Rudy VanderLans explores the clotted terrain of Tokyo’s Shibuya and Shinjuku districts with the…
Twisting the alien
Reviews, Visual culture, Critique / Photography
Set to minimalist techno, Arthur Jafa’s APEX is a cycle of images that illuminate the condition of black…
Scenes from an imperfect world
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
Even Don McCullin expressed doubts about his photographs of war and suffering. What is their message…
Colour field
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
By choosing colour over black-and-white, Joel Meyerowitz pioneered a new type of American street…
Graphic language of the wall
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
Brassaï’s photographs of graffiti with handwritten typographic treatments made striking, almost punkish…
Elton John’s new vision
‘The Radical Eye’, the superstar’s opulently framed collection of modernist photography, is a…