Books & arts
The compulsion in the quest
Sylvia Lawson
18 December 2014
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Particle Fever, The Dark Horse and Finding Vivian Maier, and farewells Margaret and David
Books & arts
Places left behind
Richard Johnstone
20 November 2014
Melbourne-born photographer Ashley Gilbertson has abandoned action photography for a different way of depicting warfare, writes Richard Johnstone
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
Books & arts
What does it mean to photograph a street?
Richard Johnstone
27 June 2014
Where it once depicted the urban landscape, with or without human figures, street photography now captures people wherever they might be, writes Richard Johnstone
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
France’s first facebooks
Daniel Nethery
31 May 2012
A recent French exhibition traced the rise of the photograph as a proof of identity and a form of surveillance, writes Daniel Nethery
Books & arts
Art in internment
Glenn Nicholls
12 May 2011
Deported after the first world war, Paul Dubotzki had created a remarkable record of life as an internee, writes Glenn Nicholls
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