Opinion: Visual culture
Heroes of wealth and power
Magazines, Visual culture, Critique / Photography
An essay published in Mack’s new ‘Discourse’ series accuses three prominent photographers of creating…
Godard becomes ‘Godard’
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
In 1961, the new wave director posed for a German fashion photographer. The publicity pictures that…
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…