- People: Joel-Peter Witkin. Cintra Wilson profiles Joel-Peter Witkin, whom she calls "the reigning king of deviant imagery -- indeed, the thinking Goth's favorite artist." Saloon (May 2002)
- A History of Truth. Christa Palmer discusses the work of Joel-Peter Witkin: "Anyone who has followed the tempest over NEA funding of scandalous artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano will be familiar with Witkin's images of deformed, scarred and tortured bodies. On closer examination, however, it is evident that Witkin, rather than seeking merely to shock, is passionately interested in the lives of the 'abnormal' and 'grotesque' people he photographs." The Metropolian (1997)
- The Bone House. Charles Mann reviews the work of Joel-Peter Witkin, particularly his new collection The Bone House. Zone Zero
- Smog: Joel-Peter Witkin. smog.net reprints a profile of Joel-Peter Witkin by Richard B. Woodward which appeared originally in Vanity Fair in 1993. smog.net