SELECTED PRESS

2019

Feuerheim, Brad, “2019: A Short Guide to White People & Their Photography Books, American Suburb X, December

Reed, Rixon, “2019 Favorite Photobooks,” Photo-Eye, December, Santa Fe

Mallone, Laura, “The Traces of Human Activity in the Burning Man Void,” wired.com, September 19, New York

2017

Porges, Maria, “Michael Light at Palo Alto Art Center,” Square Cylinder, August, San Francisco

2016

Kroeber, Gavin, “Suburban Futurism,” Art In America, December

2015

Green, Tyler, “Podcast #214: Curator Ann Wolf with Artists Mike Light and Mark Klett,” Modern Art Notes
Baker, Kenneth, “Night Begins The Day” at Jewish Museum, San Francisco Chronicle, July 10

2014

Teicher, Jordan, “The Decadence and Environmental Destruction of American Expansionism in Nevada,” SLATE.com, October
Manaugh, Geoff, “Landscape, Redacted,” BLDGBLOG.com, October
"TIME Special Preview: A Guide to the Best Fall Photobooks," TIME, September 8
Leaver, Jon, “Urban Sublime: Visualizing the Immensity of Los Angeles,” X-TRA Art Quarterly, Winter
Aletti, Vince, “Michael Light: Danziger Gallery,” The New Yorker, January 13

2013

Saltz, Jerry, “To Do: #2 See Michael Light: Some Dry Space,” New York Magazine, December 11
Green, Tyler, “Art and California’s Ribbons of Road,” Blouin Art Info, November 13
Canedo-Gattegno, Rodrigo, “Michael Light’s Erratic Terrain,” Photo Booth, The New Yorker, October 21
Manaugh, Geoff, “Spatial Delirium: An Interview With Michael Light,” BLDGBLOG.com, The Atlantic.com
Kilston, Lyra, “Economic Collapse . . . ,” Wired.com Raw File, September 13, New York
George, Kendall, “Private Frontiers,” SF Arts Quarterly, Winter, San Francisco

2012

Baker, Kenneth, “Light and Ballantyne at Hosfelt,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 21, San Francisco
Rothman, Aaron, “Above Lake Las Vegas,” Places/DesignObserver.com, December, New York

2011

Gordinier, Jeff, “Buzzed: Photographs by Michael Light,” Outside Magazine, June, Santa Fe
Horne, Rebecca, “In the Airlight With Michael Light,” Wall Street Journal.com, June 1, New York
 “LA. Day/L.A. Night,” Places/DesignObserver.com, April, New York

2010

Weschler, Lawrence, “Michael Light in Conversation,” The Believer, November 1, San Francisco
Ollman, Leah, “Michael Light: The Earth is Reshaped,” Los Angeles Times, May 7, Los Angeles

2009

Vincent, Stephen, “Michael Light,” Black and White Magazine, October, San Francisco
Mobley, Chuck, "Michael Light at Hosfelt Gallery," Art on Paper, May/June, New York
Cheng, Dewitt, "Michael Light: Seeing the Earth from the Air," Art Ltd, March/April, Los Angeles
Ray Huston, Johnny, "Michael Light: New Work," San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 25, SF

2008

Paglen, Trevor, "BEST OF 2008/Some Dry Space/Michael Light," Art Forum, December, NY
Leydier, Richard, “Michael Light,” Art Press 343, Paris

2007

Sholis, Brian, “Critic’s Picks: Michael Light,” Artforum.com, June, New York
Baker, Kenneth, “Light on Landscape,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 11, San Francisco

2006

Westerbeck, Colin, “SUGAR,” West Magazine, Sunday Los Angeles Times, August 27, Los Angeles
Baker, R.C., “Best In Show: Apocalypse Porn,” The Village Voice, May 1, New York

2005

Hirsch, Robert, “100 SUNS and the Nuclear Sublime: Michael Light”, Afterimage, NY 

2004

Ribbat, Christoph, “Michael Light: 100 Sonnen,” European Photography, Spring/Summer, Berlin
Masters, Alexander, “Eternal Flames,”  Times Literary Supplement, June 18, London
Thompson, David, “Exposure: Michael Light Profile,” Eye Magazine, Issue #51 Spring, London
James, Simon, “100 SUNS,” Royal Photographic Society Journal, January/February, London

2003

Baker, Kenneth, “100 SUNS Puts Spotlight back on Doomsday Clock,” SF Chronicle, November 1
Helfand, Glen, “Critic’s Picks: Michael Light,” Artforum.com, November, New York
“Through the Lens, the Severe Beauty of Nuclear Test Blasts,” New York Times, October 21
DeLano, Sharon, “On Photography: Darkness Visible,” The New Yorker, October 6, New York

2001

Hochman, David, “Cabinets, Ancient & New, Full of Wonder,” New York Times, December 30
Cosgrove, Denis, "Anti-Ecumene," Ecumene: Cultural Geographies, Volume 8, #1, London 

2000

Riding, Alan, "Timeless Magic Within the Desert's Sand," New York Times, August 29
Knight, Christopher, "Puzzling Landscapes Happily Lost in Space," Los Angeles Times, August 4
Lane, Anthony, "The Light Side of the Moon," The New Yorker, April 10, New York
Aletti, Vince, "10 Best Photography Books of 1999," The Village Voice, February 8, New York

1999

Brown, Neal, "FULL MOON," Frieze, November/December, London
Long, Andrew, "Earth, Moon and Stars," Salon.com, November 11, New York
Byfield, Ted, "FULL MOON: Not Pale Fire," Mute Magazine, September/October, London
Morton, Oliver, "They Could See The Stars," Times Literary Supplement, August 20, London
Sanford, John, "The Long Shadow," Los Angeles Times Book Review, June 13
Loke, Margarett, "How the Moon Turns Pilots Into Poets," New York Times, May 18