Edition 2022
Susan Meiselas
Born 1948 in New York, United States.
Lives and works in New York, United States.
Lives and works in New York, United States.
Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer and member of Magnum Photos since 1976. She is the author of Carnival Strippers, Nicaragua, Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, Pandora’s Box, Encounters with the Dani, A Room of Their Own, and has coedited four collections: El Salvador: Work of 30 Photographers, Chile from Within, Tar Beach and Eyes Open. Her photographs are included in American and international collections. In 1992, Meiselas was made a MacArthur Fellow. She is the President of the Magnum Foundation which supports and mentors the next generation of in-depth documentary photographers, to increase the impact of both historical and contemporary photography.