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SUSAN MEISELAS

Documentary photographer

Born in Baltimore in 1948, Susan Meiselas

embarked on her life in photography after

gaining an MA in visual education from

Harvard. After her entry to Magnum and

the publication of her first book, Carnival

Strippers, Meiselas travelled to Nicaragua

to document the insurrection led by the

Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional,

which toppled the country’s military

regime in 1979. Her coverage of this

conflict and others in Latin America in the

following years resulted in many books,

exhibitions and awards. Meiselas has also

co-directed two films: Living at Risk: the

Story of a Nicaraguan Family (1986) and

Pictures from a Revolution (1991). Her

photo books include Nicaragua: June

1978-July 1979 (1981), In the Shadow of

History (1997), and Mediations (2018).

She has had solo exhibitions of her work

in Paris, London, Madrid, Amsterdam,

Chicago and New York.

http://www.susanmeiselas.com

(^07) PICTURING THE PAST
Taken in the Iraqi city of Arbil, 1991,
Susan’s photo shows Jamal Keder Osman
with a picture he carries of himself as a
Peshmerga fighter from the 1963 rebellion,
which sought to establish an independent
Kurdish state in northern Iraq
(^08) RITU’S ROOM
Room 12 at the Ruby House in
Wolverhampton. It may look stark
and austere, but it was a haven for the
abused woman who sought shelter
within these walls
Lens Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM
Exposure 1/60 sec, f/7.1, ISO3200
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PROFILE
The Canon Magazine 71
SUSAN MEISELAS
Next issue: Matthew Maran, award-
winning landscape & wildlife photographer
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