Susan Meiselas – Higher Pictures Generation

Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1948. The author of eleven photobooks, she joined Magnum Photos in 1976 and has served as President of the Magnum Foundation since its founding in 2007. Mediations, the most recent catalogue of her work, was published in 2018 in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition, Susan Meiselas: Mediations, which was on view at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona; Jeu de Paume, Paris; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Mediations was awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize (2019). She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (1992), Hasselblad Foundation Prize (1994), and Guggenheim Fellowship (2015). She lives in New York City. Susan Meiselas has had two solo exhibitions at Higher Pictures: Prince Street Girls, 1976 - 1979 (2017) and Revisiting Nicaragua, 1978 - 1979 (2020).

: Susan Meiselas, Tent Entrance for the Star and Garter, Essex Junction, Vermont, 1974, c-print, 16 x 24 inches, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Gay New Orleans Bally Call, Brockton, Massachusetts, June 1972, c-print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Shortie Watches, Essex Junction, September 1973, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Donned, Allentown, Pennsylvania, August 1972, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Tempo Burlesk!, Barton, Vermont, August 1973, c-print, 16 x 24 inches, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Last Call at Mini Club, Essex Junction, Vermont, August 1973, c-print, 16 x 24 inches, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Lena After the Rain, Barton, Vermont, 1974, c-print, 16 x 24 inches, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, The Tent, Essex Junction, Vermont, September 1974, c-print, 16 x 24 inches, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Club Flamingo, Essex Junction, Vermont, August 1973, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, American Girl, Barton, Vermont, August 1974, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Girl Show Pin-Up, Barton, Vermont, 1974, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Night Ends at Casa del Rio, Tunbridge, Vermont, September 1975, c-print, 16 x 24 inches, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Shortie Waits, Essex Junction, Vermont, September 1973, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Shortie's Day Off, August 1973, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Slow Night at Club Flamingo, Essex Junction, Vermont, 1973, c-print, 16 x 24 inches, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Souvenir Shop, Barton, Vermont, 1974, c-print, 16 x 24 inches, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Star and Garter I, Essex Junction, Vermont, September 1974, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Star and Garter II, Woodstock, Vermont, August 1973, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: Susan Meiselas, Waiting for the Show, Woodstock, Vermont, August 1973, pigment print, 16 x 24, edition of 10

: NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1986. Mural featuring Nicaraguan heroes.

: Jinotepe, NIcaragua. FSLN mural celebrating heroism of Arlen Siu defaced.

: NICARAGUA. Managua. Car of a Somoza informer burning in Managua.

: NICARAGUA. Cuidad Sandino. Searching everyone traveling by car, truck, bus or foot.

: NICARAGUA. Monimbo. Wall graffiti on Somoza supporter’s house burned in Monimbo, asking "Where is Norman Gonzalez? The dictatorship must answer." (NICARAGUA, page 15) ©Susan Meiselas/Magnum Photos

: NICARAGUA. Mayasa. 1979. Guard patrol beginning house-to-house search for Sandinistas.

: NICARAGUA. Managua. "Cuesta del Plomo", hillside outside Managua, a well known site of many assassinations carried out by the National Guard.

: NICARAGUA. June, 1978. Youths practice throwing contact bombs in forest surrounding Monimbo.

: NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. Muchachos await the counterattack by the National Guard.

: NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. Street fighter.

: NICARAGUA. Masaya. September, 1978. Returning home.

: NICARAGUA. Masaya. Muchacho withdrawing from commercial district of Masaya after three days of bombing.

: NICARAGUA. Esteli. September 20, 1978. Fleeing the bombing to seek refuge outside of Esteli. The Nicaraguan National Guard captured the city of Esteli which was held by Sandinesta rebels.

: NICARAGUA. Monimbo. 1979. Monimbo woman carrying her dead husband home to be buried in their backyard.

: NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. 1979. Sandinista barricade during last days of fighting in Matagalpa.