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Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas (Born 1948) is active/lives in California, New York / Nicaragua.  Susan Meiselas is known for Political themed documentary photography, teaching.

"Back to Nicaragua for a Pioneering Photographer of Rebellion," By Julie L. Belcove, July 24, 2018, The New York Times Art & Design Section.
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On a late spring day in New York, the acclaimed documentary photographer Susan Meiselas was in her basement studio on Mott Street preparing for a summer retrospective of her work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
But with news of a percolating insurrection trickling out of Nicaragua, where she made her name in the 1970s with gritty, intimate images of the Sandinista Revolution, she was itching to get on a plane. “If I go, I know I will not be able to come back,” the 70-year-old Ms. Meiselas said. “I know I will be pulled into the current of history. It’s very hard for me now: do I pack my bag?” For 12 years, she added, “I never unpacked it except to do laundry.”
A few weeks after this interview, cameras in hand, she was back in Managua, as paramilitary groups closed in on student protesters occupy   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9885 characters.]  Artist bio

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