Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas est née en 1948 à Baltimore (Maryland U.S.A) Diplomée de l'université d'Harvard elle a reçu de nombreux prix dont en 1992 le plus prestigieux d'entre eux : le prix MacArthur. Son travail photographique le plus connu "Carnaval Streepers" (1976) a été présenté en 2000 au Whitney Museum. Elle a rejoint Magnum en 1976 et a couvert l'insurrection au Nicaragua dont une monographie a été publiée en 1981. Elle expose à Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, Londres et les Etats Unis et ses photos sont entrées dans de nombreuses collections dans le monde.

Le premier sujet photographique majeur de Susan Meiselas fut consacré à la vie des stripteaseuses en Nouvelle Angleterre. En 1976, Meiselas rejoint Magnum Photos. Elle est surtout réputée pour avoir couvert l'insurrection du Nicaragua et pour sa documentation des droits de l'hommes en Amérique Latine qui furent publiés dans le monde entier.

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Susan Meiselas, born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1948, received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MA in visual education from Harvard University. Her first major photographic essay focused on the lives of women doing striptease at New England country fairs, whom she photographed during three consecutive summers while teaching photography in New York public schools. Carnival Strippers was originally published in 1976 and a selection was installed at the Whitney Museum of Art in June 2000. Meiselas joined Magnum Photos in 1976 and has worked as a freelance photographer since then. She is best known for her coverage of the insurrection in Nicaragua and her documentation of human rights issues in Latin America. She published her second monograph, Nicaragua, in 1981. Meiselas has had one-woman exhibitions in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, and her work is included in collections around the world. She has received many awards and In 1992, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.

Susan Meiselas (Cohen Amador, New York) - Meiselas studied at Sarah Lawrence College and Harvard. She has had solo exhibitions in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York where she has had installations at the Whitney Museum of American Art and at the International Center of Photography's triennial. Much of her extensive career has been devoted to documenting human rights issues in Latin America, and she has been awarded a number of honors and recognitions, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal for «outstanding courage and reporting» for her work in Nicaragua. Further notable exhibitions include «Pandora's Box,» color photographs featuring a New York S & M club from her 2001 book of the same title. Through this series Meiselas portrays the sadomasochistic experience, in this Disneyland of domination, as beautiful, unnerving, and ultimately, self-reflexive.