Richard Johnstone writes about photography and other cultural topics for Inside Story.
Books & arts
“Even my darkroom is a haunted place”
Richard Johnstone
20 October 2014
Although he is best known as a war photographer, Don McCullin has aimed to do much more than record his own adventures, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
Ah, yes, there you are
Richard Johnstone
1 October 2014
Photographer Jane Bown sought to unearth something essential and make it visible
From the archive
The humane and sympathetic eye of Sam Hood
Richard Johnstone
24 March 2014
The prolific photographer captured Sydney life in the first half of the twentieth century
Books & arts
Consequences
Richard Johnstone
2 December 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Janet Lewis’s The Trial of Sören Qvist
Books & arts
A table, a fruit bowl and one shrivelled apple
Richard Johnstone
14 July 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Mark McShane’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Books & arts
The youngish one
Richard Johnstone
6 March 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Doris Lessing’s The Good Terrorist
Books & arts
A kind of biography
Richard Johnstone
25 October 2012
Three books recover forgotten lives in very different ways
Books & arts
Landscape with figures
Richard Johnstone
4 July 2012
Richard Johnstone reviews William Maxwell’s The Château
Books & arts
An outsider at war
Richard Johnstone
4 June 2012
Richard Johnstone reviews Frederic Manning’s extraordinary account of the foot soldiers of the first world war
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