Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University where he teaches literature and photography, and writes frequently about photography, literature, and cultural issues. A graduate of Harvard and Yale, he has been awarded Guggenheim, Getty, and Humboldt fellowships.
He hosts two podcasts that put in action his belief in the power of ideas and books with guests ranging from playwright Jeremy O. Harris to philosopher Jeremy Waldron. He has two children, a lot of houseplants, and is a perpetual beginner in Shaolin kung fu.