Combs, Rhea L. 2018. "American Families: Picturing the African American Family, from Frederick Douglass to Jamel Shabazz." Aperture Magazine, 233, New York.
2018
Combs, Rhea L. 2024. Amy Sherald: American Sublime [Exhibition catalog] Edited by Roberts, Sarah. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
2024
Combs, Rhea L. and Als, HIlton. 2024. This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance [Exhibition catalog] Washington, DC and New York: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and DelMonico Books.
2024
Combs, Rhea L. 2024. "Monumental Time." In Amy Sherald: American Sublime. Roberts, Sarah, editor. 38–43. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
2024
Combs, Rhea L. 2024. "Touchstones and Time Travels: An Interview with Tokie Rome-Taylor." In Reclamation: Tokie Rome-Taylor. Clarksville Tennessee: Austin Peay State University.
2024
Combs, Rhea L. and Gardullo, Paul. 2023. "Scurlock's Washington." In Beauty Born of Struggle: The Art of Black Washington. Stewart, Jeffrey C., editor. 229–263. New Haven and London: National Gallery of Art.
2023
Combs, Rhea L. and Stewart, Jacqueline. 2022. "African American Home Movies." In Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898-1971. Combs, Rhea L. and Berger, Doris, editors. 127–130. Los Angeles and New York: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and DelMonico.
2022
Combs, Rhea L. 2021. "Picturing the South: How Photographers Have Imaged the Region." In The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse. Oliver, Valerie Cassel, editor. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
2021
Combs, Rhea L. 2019. "In America's Living Room." In Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection. Pope, Victoria, Schrum, Christine, and Lepore, Jill, editors. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books.
2019
Combs, Rhea L. 2019. "Marlon Riggs's 'Tongues United'." In Black Light: A Retrospective on International Black Cinema. Werner, Maxime, editor. 90-91. Paris, France: Capricci.
2019
Combs, Rhea L. 2019. "Sojourner Truth: Image as Activism." In Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection. Pope, Victoria, Schrum, Christine, and Lepore, Jill, editors. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books.
2019
Combs, Rhea L. 2019. "The Power of the Image: Scurlock's Washington." In Everyday Beauty. Moresi, Michèle Gates and Coyle, Laura , editors. London, England: D. Giles Limited. In Double Exposure.
2019
Combs, Rhea L. 2018. "Madeline Anderson: Pioneering Filmmaker and Artist, In Her Own Words." In I am somebody: three films by Madeline Anderson. New York: Icarus Film Distribution.
2018
Combs, Rhea L. 2018. "Preserving a National Treasure: Hip Hop Photography." In Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop. 68–69. New York: Clarkson Potter, division of Penguin Random House.
2018
Combs, Rhea L. 2016. "The Moses Sisters." In Pioneers in African American Cinema.
2016
Combs, Rhea L. and Berger, Doris (Curators). 2022. "Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898-1971." Los Angeles, California: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 2022-08-21 to 2023-04-09..
Presentation
Combs, Rhea L. 2024. Regenerating Harlem [presentation]. Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism, April 27, 2024. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Combs, Rhea L. 2023. The Power of Portraiture [presentation]. March 18, 2023. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.