Essays on Exhibitions and Curation

Matthew Brower, Fu Xiaodong, and Zhou Yan, “Through the Body: A Case Study,” in Jenna Ashton, editor, Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption, Change, Edinburgh: MuseumsEtc., 2 vols., vol. 2, 164-183, 2018.

“Photography, Curation, Affect,” Journal of Visual Culture, Photography at the Limits of Affect, Lisa Cartwright and Elizabeth Wolfson, editors, 17.2, 177-197, 2018. (text)

“What is it we Teach when we Teach Exhibitions?,” The Museum Professional Network: Careers, Connections and Community, ICTOP Annual Conference Proceedings, 8-15, 2013.

“Framed by History,” Journal of Canadian Studies, 31.2, 178-183, 1996.

Essays on Animals in Visual Culture

“The Photographic Blind as a Technology of Animal Representation,” in Alfredo Cramerotti, editor, The Blind, Critical Photography Series, Intellect Ltd., 39-78, 2015. (text)

“The Case of Kensington Cat, Or, Why Pick on Animals?,” Transmission Annual, 174-181, 2011. (text)

“A Rupture in the Field of Representation: Animals, Photography and Affect,” Photography and Culture, 2.3, 317-326, 2009.

“George Shiras and the Circulation of Wildlife Photography,” History of Photography, 32.2 Summer, 169-175, 2008.

“‘Take Only Photographs’: Animal Photography’s Production of Nature Love,” Invisible Culture, 9, 2005

“Trophy Shots: Early North American Non-Human Animal Photography and the Display of Masculine Prowess,” Society and Animals, 13.1, 13-32, 2005.

“Robert Bateman’s Natural Worlds,” Journal of Canadian Studies, 33.2, 66-77, 1998.

Essays on Photography and Contemporary Art

“Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Photomontage,” in Matthew Brower (ed.) Civil Disobedience: Sebastein Miller, John B. Aird Gallery, 5-6, 2021.

“Suzy Lake: the Double Function,” in Matthew Brower (ed.), Suzy Lake: Political Poetics, UTAC/Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, 4-9, 2011.

“Photographic Emergences,” in Sarah Parsons, editor, Emergence, Gallery 44 / Ryerson University Press, 24-33, 2009.

Thy Phu and Matthew Brower, “Editorial,” History of Photography, Special Issue on the Circulation of Photographs, 32.2 Summer, 105-9, 2008.