My (Short) Life in Theater
 

I didn’t want to be an actor, I wanted to learn things. Written for the January 2006 issue of Communication Arts.

A Workshop Experience, in the First Person – by Susan Fisher
 

"I’ve just returned from a week of putting aside what I already know about photography and learning to look for what I’ve stopped seeing. My teacher was photographer Sean Kernan..."

Stay Awake
 

Possibly the best gradution talk I've ever give (except, perhaps, for the other one). Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, April 2005.

Surviving Critics
  The artist strikes back.
"And so, as you go forward in Life..."
 

A graduation address for those of you who weren't paying attention the first time.

Communication Arts
 

A profile of Sean from January/February 2003 issue of Communication Arts magazine.

Pure Face
 

From PhotoInsider magazine, January 2002.

Works and Days: the Art of Alan Magee
  Portrait of the artist, published in Graphis, Spring 2001.

Kissing My Cousin
  A bit of memoir (much of it true) published in River Teeth, Spring 2001.

Parsing the Good
  What is good work? Think about it! Written by Sean Kernan for the August 2000 issue of Communication Arts.

Review - from 21st, Volume 2, by John Bennette
  The first time I heard the opening strains of An American in Paris, the first time I read One Hundred Years of Solitude, the first time I saw Sean Kernan’s photograph Book with Nails...

Does That Arugula Look Too Threatening?
It was like looking down a long hallway, about 25 years into the past, and seeing a man holding a mirror toward me, perfectly clear, undimmed by time. Written by Sean Kernan for the May/June 1999 issue of Communication Arts.

interview by John Paul Caponigro
From the May 1999 issue of View Camera magazine.

Sean Kernan's Stories in Light
Written by Jeff Wignall for the Lighting Masters Series, in Photo District News.

A Few Reasons We're All Doing Worse Work
Trying to do good work when business won't wait. Written by Sean Kernan for the July 1998 Design Issues column of Communication Arts.

Two Scripts
Thoughts on understanding, and working with, clients. Written by Sean Kernan for the September 1997 Design Issues column of Communication Arts magazine.

The Artist, Lost and Found
Keeping your creative soul alive in the commercial environment. Written by Sean Kernan for the August 1996 Design Issues column of Communication Arts magazine.

Sean Kernan - Adding the Personal Touch
A profile of Sean and the studio. Written by Grace Schaub for the cover article in the May/June 1996 issue of View Camera magazine.