12 Facts About Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas was born on June 21,1948 and is an American documentary photographer.

Susan Meiselas has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1976 and been a full member since 1980.

Susan Meiselas is best known for her 1970s photographs of war-torn Nicaragua and American carnival strippers.

Susan Meiselas's works have been published in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Times, Time, GEO, and Paris Match.

Susan Meiselas received the Robert Capa Gold Medal in 1979 and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1992.

Susan Meiselas was born on June 21,1948, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Susan Meiselas attended junior high school in Woodmere, New York.

Susan Meiselas earned her Bachelor of Arts in 1970 from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master of Arts in visual education from Harvard University, where she was a student of Barbara Norfleet.

Susan Meiselas received honorary Doctorates in Fine Arts from the Parsons School in 1986 and The Art Institute of Boston in 1996.

Susan Meiselas worked for the State Arts Commissions of South Carolina and Mississippi setting up photography programs in rural schools and served as a consultant to Polaroid and the Center for Understanding Media in New York City.

In 2004, Susan Meiselas returned to Nicaragua to install nineteen mural-size images of her photographs at the locations where they were taken.

Over several months in 2015 and 2016, Susan Meiselas worked on a project about women in refuges in the Black Country area of the West Midlands, England.