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Exhibition - Susan Meiselas: Determined Lives 

Susan Meiselas 

Magnum Print Room 20th November 2014 to 15 January 2015

This exhibition was produced from two of Meiselas's seminal works; Carnival Strippers (1972-76) and Nicaragua (1978-present).

Meiselas joined Magnum Photos in 1976, and has worked as both a freelance photographer and documentary filmmaker ever since. Her ability to combine empathy with storytelling in historical places and times has propelled her in the discourse of contemporary photography. Meiselas’ process has evolved in radical and challenging ways as she has grappled with pivotal questions about the relationship to her subjects, the... 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Barton, Vermont. 1974. Shortie on the Bally. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Barton, Vermont. 1974. Lena. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Tunbridge, Vermont. 1974. Tentful of marks. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Tunbridge, Vermont. 1974. Before the show. 
Lena on the Bally Box

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Essex Junction, Vermont. 1973. Lena on the Bally Box. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Essex Junction, Vermont. 1973. Returning Backstage. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Essex Junction, Vermont. 1973. Lena after the show. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Tunbridge, Vermont. 1974. Lulu and Debbie. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. South Carolina. 1973. Shortie at work. 

Susan Meiselas 1975

USA. Fryeburg, Maine. 1975. Between shows. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Essex Junction, Vermont. 1973. Lawrence changing the record.... 

Susan Meiselas 1975

USA. Fryeburg, Maine. 1975. The dressing room. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Presque Isle, Maine. 1973. Shortie. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Essex Junction, Vermont. 1973. Curtain call. 

Susan Meiselas 1975

USA. Tunbridge, Vermont. 1975. The spectator. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Essex Junction, Vermont. 1974. Frenchie's take. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Barton, Vermont. 1974. Lena in the motel. 

Susan Meiselas 1975

USA. Fryeburg, Maine. 1975. Extra Girl. 

Susan Meiselas 1975

USA. Tunbridge, Vermont. 1975. New Girl. 

Susan Meiselas 1975

USA. Tunbridge, Vermont. 1975. The Star. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Essex Junction, Vermont. 1973. Candy. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Essex Junction, Vermont. 1973. Lena's first day. (CARNIVAL... 

Susan Meiselas 1975

USA. Lehighton, Pennsylvania. 1975. Lena, third season. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Managua. June 1978. President Anastasio SOMOZA DEBAYLE... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Diriamba. June 1978. Marketplace. 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Managua. June 1978. Car of a Somoza informer burning... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. 1981. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Monimbo. 1978. Wall graffiti on Somoza supporters... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Mayasa. 1979. Guard patrol beginning house-to-house... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Managua. 1981. "Cuesta del Plomo", hillside outside... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Monimbo. 1979. Monimbo woman carrying her dead husband... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. 1978. Muchachos await the counterattack... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. Street fighter.

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Esteli. September 20, 1978. Fleeing the bombing to... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1979. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Masaya. September, 1978. Returning home.

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Esteli. 1979. Sandinistas at the walls of the Esteli... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. June 1978. Recruits pass by official state portrait... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. June, 1978. Youths practice throwing contact bombs... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Cuidad Sandino. 1978. Searching everyone traveling... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. 1979. Sandinista barricade during last... 

Susan Meiselas 2004

NICARAGUA. Managua. July 2004. Re-Framing History, Nicaragua... 

Susan Meiselas 2004

NICARAGUA. Masaya. July 2004. Re-Framing History, Nicaragua mural... 

Susan Meiselas 2004

NICARAGUA. July 2004. Re-Framing History, Nicaragua mural project... 

Susan Meiselas 2004

NICARAGUA. July 2004. Re-Framing History, Nicaragua mural project... 
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