Tag: Susan Meiselas

  • Revisiting the World of “Carnival Strippers” | The New Yorker

    Revisiting the World of “Carnival Strippers” | The New Yorker

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    Revisiting the World of “Carnival Strippers” Susan Meiselas’s intimate view of a sex-industry subculture remains a remarkable document of its time. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/revisiting-the-world-of-carnival-strippers Susan Meiselas was twenty-four years old when she began photographing the women of carnival strip shows, in 1972. The following three summers, at small-town fairgrounds on the East Coast,…

  • 11 Photographers on Seeking the Unexpected in Their Work

    11 Photographers on Seeking the Unexpected in Their Work

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    11 Photographers on Seeking the Unexpected in Their Work Sabiha Çimen, Susan Meiselas, Alex Webb, and more on how happy accidents and unusual turns led to their most memorable images. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/11-photographers-on-seeking-the-unexpected-in-their-work/ Sabiha Çimen, Susan Meiselas, Alex Webb, and more on how happy accidents and unusual turns led to their most memorable images.

  • Susan Meiselas’s new book Eyes Open features 23 photography projects for curious kids

    Susan Meiselas’s new book Eyes Open features 23 photography projects for curious kids

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    Susan Meiselas’s new book Eyes Open features 23 photography projects for curious kids The Magnum president’s latest book reinterprets her cult classic Learn to See for young people. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/susan-meiselas-eyes-opens-photography-190221?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 Eyes Open is loosely inspired by Meiselas’ previous cult classic, Learn to See, a sourcebook of ideas from and for teachers and students published by…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Sheltering in Place: Ideas From “The Photographer’s Playbook”

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Sheltering in Place: Ideas From “The Photographer’s Playbook” Navel gazing can get a little old, so, in the coming weeks (months?), as we find ourselves counting the hours till lunchtime on the sofa, we look for… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/sheltering-in-place-ideas-from-the-photographer-s-playbook/ Edited by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern and published by Aperture, The Photographer’s Playbook…

  • Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 – Photojournalism Now

    Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 – Photojournalism Now

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    Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the 10th annual Women’s show at Magnet Galleries, Melbourne, plus a review of Dr. Lauren Walsh’s exceptional book, Conversation… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-7-february-2020/ For those of us who work in journalism the myth of the cavalier photojournalist…

  • AMERICAN SUBURB X: INTERVIEW: "Extending the Frame: An Interview with Susan Meiselas" (2006)

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    Link: As for “new documentary,” I find some of these approaches of interest, particularly the focus on a more distanced “aftermath,” rather than “decisive” moments of engagement. I still feel the dividing line is when photographers re-enact, which is closer to the tradition of docudrama than reportage. Sometimes it is very effective but defining the…

  • The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund: Supporting Photographers Beyond the Media Map

    The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund: Supporting Photographers Beyond the Media Map

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ As the EF announced the latest round of photographers it would be supporting, LightBox spoke to Magnum Foundation President and photographer Susan Meiselas who heads up the EF, about its mission, and the challenges facing documentary photography today.

  • Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: In On the Frontline, her new book published by Aperture, influential photographer Susan Meiselas provides an insightful personal commentary on the trajectory of her career—on her ideas and processes, and her decisions as a photographer. Applying a sociological training to the practice of witness journalism, she compares her process to that of an archaeologist,…

  • Susan Meiselas: Breaching Boundaries in Photography – The New York Times

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    Susan Meiselas: Breaching Boundaries in Photography (Published 2018) Ms. Meiselas, a Magnum photographer since 1976, is the subject of a new book, “Susan Meiselas: Mediations,” which examines her long career and diverse body of work. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/lens/susan-meiselas-mediations.html Susan Meiselas, who joined Magnum Photos in 1976, is also the president and co-founder of the Magnum Foundation.…

  • Susan Meiselas’ Work Has Changed How We Think About Photojournalism. Her Retrospective Actually Does It Justice. – Mother Jones

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    Susan Meiselas’ Work Has Changed How We Think About Photojournalism. Her Retrospective Actually Does It Justice. “Every picture tells a story and has another story behind it: Who’s photographed? Who made it? Who found it? How did it survive?” via Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/susan-meiselas-work-has-changed-how-we-think-about-photojournalism-her-retrospective-actually-does-it-justice/ It was fitting that not long before the opening of her major…

  • Susan Meiselas has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019

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    Link: Susan Meiselas has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019 at The Photographers’ Gallery, London for her first European retrospective Mediations at Jeu de Paume, Paris 2018.

  • When Women Photographers Went to War

    When Women Photographers Went to War

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    When Women Photographers Went to War From Gerda Taro to Susan Meiselas, a new book examines the ways eight women have expanded the field of war photography. via Aperture Foundation NY: https://aperture.org/blog/women-war-photography/ From Gerda Taro to Susan Meiselas, a new book examines the ways eight women have expanded the field of war photography.

  • Susan Meiselas: A life in groundbreaking photography

    Susan Meiselas: A life in groundbreaking photography

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    Susan Meiselas: A life in groundbreaking photography Whether it’s documenting the lives of showgirls or an unfolding revolution, Susan Meiselas’ open-ended approach gives the images a life of their own. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/magnum-photographer-susan-meiselas-life-images/ Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas has spent five decades questioning the practice of photography. But whether it’s documenting the lives of showgirls…

  • Susan Meiselas: On Motivation, Her Legacy and the Future of Photojournalism | PDN Online

    Susan Meiselas: On Motivation, Her Legacy and the Future of Photojournalism | PDN Online

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    Susan Meiselas: On Motivation, Her Legacy and the Future of Photojournalism | PDN Online As a new, traveling retrospective honors Susan Meiselas’s work, she speaks to PDN about the evolution of her approach to her subjects, mixing personal and assignment work, and providing opportunities to the next generation. via PDN Online: https://www.pdnonline.com/features/photographer-interviews/susan-meiselas-motivation-legacy-future-photojournalism/ The work of…

  • Susan Meiselas on how she shot Molotov men, war widows and carnival strippers | Art and design | The Guardian

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    Susan Meiselas on how she shot Molotov men, war widows and carnival strippers The great photographer has spent five decades capturing ordinary people caught in the turbulence of history. As a retrospective opens, she reveals the ways being a woman helped via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/07/susan-meiselas-mediations-jeu-de-paume-molotov-men-war-widows-and-carnival-strippers The great photographer has spent five decades capturing ordinary people…

  • Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time | The Nation

    Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time | The Nation

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    Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth remembering. via The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/susan-meiselas-on-the-frontline-redemptive-time/ In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth…

  • Susan Meiselas, Nicaragua 1978/1979 – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/23/article/159952560/susan-meiselas-nicaragua-7879/”] Susan Meiselas, Nicaragua 1978/1979 – The Eye of Photography Susan Meiselas was there during the last years of the conflict (1978-79). Meiselas’ photographs capture the Sandinista’s and the Nicaraguan people’s struggle for freedom – depicting battle, lost lives, collateral damage, and ultimately victory – as they overcame the military might and power of the…

  • Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 18 November, 2016

    Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 18 November, 2016

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    Friday Round Up – 18 November, 2016 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up I’m sharing a couple of stories I wrote that were published recently in New Zealand Pro Ph… Link: http://photojournalismnow.blogspot.com/2016/11/friday-round-up-18-november-2016.html This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up I’m sharing a couple of stories I wrote that were published recently in…

  • Behind the Mask: Scenes From Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution – The New York Times

    Behind the Mask: Scenes From Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution – The New York Times

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    Behind the Mask: Scenes From Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution A commemorative reissue of Susan Meiselas’s book “Nicaragua” brings to life the young revolutionaries who toppled the Somoza dictatorship. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/behind-the-mask-scenes-from-nicaraguas-sandinista-revolution/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 A photo of three men wearing traditional Nicaraguan folk masks and holding homemade contact bombs graced the cover of The New York Times Magazine…

  • Moving Walls 22 – Watching You, Watching Me: A Photographic Response to Surveillance – The Eye of Photography

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    Moving Walls 22 – Watching You, Watching Me: A Photographic Response to Surveillance With radical and varied visual responses, the ten photographers in this edition of Moving Walls take a long view of the question of surveillance. The thematic curation orchestrated by Yukiko Yamagata, Susan Meiselas and Stuart Alexander reflects on the scope of documentary…