Since 2011 Lisa has written texts for exhibitions, academic journals, and book projects. She reviews photobooks for Lenscratch and recently edited books on the photographer William Gedney and experimental filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky. Lisa is available for writing projects and commissions.
Selected Writing
Essay: Creating Change from Within: Building & Discovering a Diverse Archive of Documentary Arts, Published in Photography & Culture, Fast Forward Women in Photography Issue, Editors: Anna Fox, Maria Kapajeva, & Val Williams
Book Review: Reconciliation by S. Billie Mandle
Book Review: False Lighthouse by Yael Eban
Book Review: in the calm of your arms by Iris Wu
Book Review: Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear by Maria Kapajeva
Book Review: The Moon and Stars Can be Yours by Magali Duzant
Book Review: Voyagers by Melissa Catanese
Essay: “Photo-Texts: A Survey of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s Photobook Collection,” Exhibition at Duke University
Essay: “Intimate Gestures: Handmade Books by William Gedney,” from William Gedney: Only the Lonely, 1955-1984 (University of Texas Press)
Essay: “Paradise Lost and Found,” from the exhibition catalog for Paradise Road & Paradise Out-Front at The Southern, Charleston, SC, featuring works by Eliot Dudik, Ben Alper, Ian van Coller, Mark Dorf, Matt Eich, Frances Jakubek, Thalassa Raasch, Jared Ragland, Justin James Reed, Anastasia Samoylova, Bryan Schutmaat , Aline Smithson, Katherine Squier, and Susan Worsham.
Exhibition Catalog: An Everyday Affair: Selling the Kodak Image to America, 1888-1989, exhibition at the Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
(PDF’s available upon request for educational use)
