Shep Steiner is an art historian and critic based in Canada. Recent publications include: Rodney Graham: Phonokinetoscope (Afterall Books, 2013), ‘Photography at a Crossroads: Studio as Genealogy, Dispositif, Spur’ (Journal of the Philosophy of Photography, 2013) and ‘Five Versions of the Photographic Act: Andrea Robbins and Max Becher’ for the exhibition Andrea Robbins and Max Becher: Following the Ten Commandments held at the University of Manitoba, Nov. 14 2014 - Feb. 15 2015. ‘Animal Insertions and Human Projection: The Politics of Marcus Coates’ is forthcoming in Marcus Coates (Milton Keynes Gallery, 2016).