Susan Meiselas (born 1948) is an Americanphotographer. Meiselas was born in Baltimore, Maryland. After taking a BA at Sarah Lawrence College and an MA at Harvard University, she joined Magnum Photos co-operative in 1976 and has worked as a freelance photographer since then. In 1981, she visited a village destroyed by the armed forces in San Salvador and took pictures of the El Mozote massacre. In 1992, Meiselas was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She was awarded the Hasselblad Award in 1994. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area Ranked 42nd - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²) - Width 90 miles (145 km) - Length 249 miles (400 km) - % water 21 - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33... A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college located in metropolitan New York City, about a thirty-minute train ride north of Manhattan. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The memorial at El Mozote The El Mozote Massacre took place in the village of El Mozote, in Morazán department, El Salvador, on December 11, 1981, when Salvadoran armed forces killed an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign. ... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution. ... The Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography is an award granted to a photographer recognized for major achievements. The award - and the foundation - was set up from the estate of Erna and Victor Hasselblad. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...
The photography of SusanMeiselas (born in Maryland in 1948) has always expressed her conscience, from her passionately engaged work in Central America to her most recent project tracing the history and representations of the Dani people of the West Papuan highlands.
Meiselas has also co-directed two films based on her involvement in Nicaragua, Living at Risk: The Story of a Nicaraguan Family (1985) and Pictures from a Revolution (1991).
Meiselas is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Leica Award for Excellence (1982), the Photojournalist of the Year Award from the ASMP (1982), and the Hasselblad Foundation Photography Prize (1994).
Before becoming a professional photographer, SusanMeiselas studied anthropology – the influence of which is still evident in the subject matter and methodology of her work today.
The revised edition of Carnival Strippers offers a new selection of Meiselas’ fl and white photographs from the summers of ’72 to ’74, alongside commentary from her subjects, essays by Sylvia Wolf and Deirdre English exploring the wider significance of the work, and a CD containing interviews with some of the strippers and Meiselas herself.
Meiselas used a Leica to be as unobtrusive as possible, and these images, particularly those taken in the tent, are shocking in their frankness.
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