The School of Visual Arts recently invited me to contribute to two talks.
The first was a roundtable discussion on the shift in publishing from
paper to ebooks, the second was a talk with Bill Hunt on his new book
The Unseen Eye.

They are both available on iTunes U:

From Ink to iPad
With W.M. Hunt on The Unseen Eye

Glass magazine writes:
"Already a bestselling author with Art Photography Now (2005),
and a successful curator - remember Face of Fashion at the National Portrait Gallery? - Susan Bright has now released her newest literary project, Auto Focus The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography.

The work of 75 key contemporary photographers and their very personal version of the self-portrait is spread neatly over five significant themes: Autobiography, Body, Masquerade, Studio and Performance. The introduction is somewhat of a photographic self-portraiture 101, informatively outlining the growth of the format, spanning the mid-1800's right through to present day, with Bright contextualising the subject as she goes.

Within each of the chapters, which in total contain more than three hundred images, the author knowledgeably runs us through each photographers ideas, intentions and aesthetic. This is where her research really shines. Her commentary is insightful and commanding, bringing readers not only an affinity to the imagery being showcased, but an understanding of their significance to contemporary photography." Read our interview here, or my
interview with At Length here.

Available at Amazon

In November 2010 I had the pleasure of moderating a talk with Aperture Foundation at The New School on Confounding Expectations: Revisiting "In, Around and Afterthoughts on Documentary Photography".

Participating with me were Chris Verene, artist; Michael Wolf, artist; and LaToya Ruby Frazier, photographer and filmmaker.