I always thought I might be a writer, until my digressions into theater and then photography. But some years ago I began to write again, as a means of clarifying some of my mutterings to myself. That has led to a series of articles about creativity, about other artists, to graduation addresses, to a bit of memoir, even going as far as a not-quite-done novel.
Here are several pieces, including pieces by others, about various undertakings.
Advice in a Meltdown offers a radical suggestion to photographers in hard times: work your way backwards.
Buddhist Economics for fun, and because I couldn't stop myself. 2009
Master Class for Masters ran in Comminication Arts in January 2009. It is a record of what is probably the most amazing workshops I've ever facilitated ("taught" is the wrong word).
The Artist, Lost and Found The piece that got me writing again, for Communication Arts, 1996
My (Short) Life in Theater
I didn’t want to be an actor, I wanted to learn things. From the January 2006 issue of Communication Arts.
A Workshop Experience, in the First Person – by Susan Fisher
A first-person account of a photography workshop.
Stay Awake
A graduation adddress to Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, 2005
Surviving Critics
How to take it. From Communication Arts.
Profile of SK
From Communication Arts, 2001
Pure Face
An article about portraits, from PhotoInsider
Works and Days: A Profile of the artist Alan Magee
From Graphis
Kissing My Cousin
A bit of memoir, from the magazine Riverteeth
What makes good work good. From Communication Arts, 2000
Review,
from 21ST, Vol 2, By John Bennette
Interview,
with John Paul Caponigro, View Camera, 1999
Two Scripts
Working with clients, Communication Arts, 1997