Selected Reviews, Articles and Media
THEN THERE WAS US, interview, “Claire Beckett’s Defense Language is an Exploration of Staged Military Bases in the US,” by Jonathan Tomlinson 12.05.2025
BLIND MAGAZINE, interview, “When American Soldiers Dress Up to Train for War” by Lou Tsatsas 11.21.2025
THE GUARDIAN, article, “‘We Shoot At the Good Guys:’ the Role-Players Who Train US Troops - In Pictures” 11.19.2025
PETAPIXEL, article, “Large Format Photos Show US Military’s Simulated Iraq Warzones,” by Matt Growcoot 11.05.2025
NRC, article, “In Beeld: Good Guys, Bad Guys,” by Bas Blokker, p 16-17 11.01.2025
ARCHIVES FUTURES, article “Claire Beckett: The Mirage of God, The Process of War,” by Juan Merello Autumn 2025
AMERICAN ART, article “Islam and the Middle East in America: Claire Beckett’s Simulating Iraq and The Converts” by Chad Elias Fall 2023
TRUTH IN PHOTOGRAPHY, article Claire Beckett: Simulating Iraq Winter 2022
10 FRAMES PER SECOND, podcast Claire Beckett 05.11.2018 or listen here
PDN EDU, Star Teacher Claire Beckett Fall 2018
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, interview Art Talk with Claire Beckett 08.24.2016
BEHOLD AT SLATE.COM, These Americans Will Make You Think Twice About What Muslims Looks Like 06.16.2016
PDN PHOTO OF THE DAY, Muslim/American Dual Identity 05.18.2016
BOSTON GLOBE, Challenging Assumptions 05.11.2016
FACE TO FACE AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, interview Outwin 2016 Finalist Claire Beckett 03.29.2016
RUSSIAN ESQUIRE, Theater of War 04.20.2014
VICE, interview Mossless in America: Claire Beckett 03.03.2014
HUFFINGTON POST, Portraits of Men and Women Who Have Converted to Islam Challenge Our Perception of ‘American‘ 02.04.2014
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Monuments of a Postindustrial Landscape 09.19.2013
JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS, The Incomplete Illusion: Photographing the Training Ground 09.2013
CONTACT SHEET, Light Work Annual 2013 Claire Beckett 08.01.2013
PARIS REVIEW DAILY, Your Eyes Deceive You: Claire Beckett at the Wadsworth Atheneum 08.07.2012
PUBLIC CULTURE, portfolio with an essay by Nuit Banai Simulating Iraq: Cultural Mediation and the Effects of the Real Spring 2012
BOSTON GLOBE, review by Sebastian Smee ‘Simulating Iraq’ at the Wadsworth Atheneum 02.13.2012
BOSTON GLOBE, review by Mark Feeney Going Solo Plus One: Claire Beckett Targets Phoniness - and Reality 11.25.2011
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, exhibition catalog Matrix 163: Claire Beckett 11.03.2011
ARTFORUM, review Claire Beckett at Carroll and Sons 05.31.2011
BOSTON GLOBE, review by Cate McQuaid Roles, War, and Insight 03.09.2011
NRC NEXT, review Doen alsof het echt is: Expo over fictieve aard foto 03.07.2001
BIG RED AND SHINY, interview by Jess T. Dugan Q&A With Claire Beckett 05.11.2008
BOSTON GLOBE, review Here’s Looking At You: Engaging Yet Ambiguous, Deadpan Photography Provides a Refuge from Emotions in a Time of Worry 11.14.2007
WBUR Boston, interview with Andrea Shea Embedded Artist 10.15.2017