Essay published in Photographies journal, Volume 3 Issue 2, September 2010.

'Zadoc's Foreigness' essay in Shadowlands book by Zadoc Nava, photographer and independent filmmaker. This is the first monograph on his photographic work.

'The Real Aesthetic: Documentary Noise 

Lead essay in Portfolio Contemporary Photography. The essay considers questions of realism in contemporary art and documentary photography. no 51, May 2010.

Portfolio contemporary photography magazine celebrates its 21 years of publication with issue no 50, which features fifty of the key contemporary art photographers in Britain today. David Bate contributes both an essay '30 Years of British Photography' and features two artworks from the series Australian Picnic, 2009. 

Essay on Keith Arnatt (1930-2008)

Keith Arnatt died in 2008, this essay reflects on working with him as a co-teacher, and his work as a conceptual artist and photographer. 

Co-editor of the new Photographies journal with Sarah Kenber, Martin Lister, Liz Wells.