Magnum Photos

Exhibition - Mediations 

Susan Meiselas 

“For me, the essence of documentary photography has always been to do with evidence.” Susan Meiselas

The retrospective devoted to the American photographer Susan Meiselas (b. 1948, Baltimore) brings together a selection of works from the 1970s to the present day.

A member of Magnum Photos since 1976, Susan Meiselas questions documentary practice. She became known through her work in conflict zones of Central America in the 1970s and 1980s in particular due to the strength of her colour photographs. Covering many subjects and countries, from war to human rights issues and from cultural identity... 

Susan Meiselas 1971

USA. Cambridge, MA. 1971. 44 Irving St. 

Susan Meiselas 1971

USA. Cambridge, MA. 1971. 44 Irving St. 

Susan Meiselas 1971

USA. Cambridge, MA. 1971. 44 Irving St. 

Susan Meiselas 1971

USA. Cambridge, MA. 1971. 44 Irving St. 

Susan Meiselas 1971

USA. Cambridge, MA. 1971. 44 Irving St. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Barton, Vermont. 1974. Lena and Tom working the show. 

Susan Meiselas 1973

USA. Presque Isle, Maine. 1973. Shortie. 

Susan Meiselas 1975

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

Susan Meiselas 1981

EL SALVADOR. 1981. An anonymous execution on the road to Usulután.... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

EL SAVADOR. 1979. Collecting contributions for families of the... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

EL SALVADOR. 1979. Demonstrator. (EL SALVADOR, page 26) ©Susan... 

Susan Meiselas 1982

El SALVADOR. 1982. Guerilla dragged through the street of Cuscatancingo.
(EL... 

Susan Meiselas 1991

NORTHERN IRAQ. Kurdistan. 1991. A proud Peshmerga soldier pays... 

Susan Meiselas 1991

NORTHERN IRAQ. Kurdistan. 1991. A gravestone at Salwan Hill Cemetery... 

Susan Meiselas 1991

NORTHERN IRAQ. Qala Diza, Liberated Kurdistan. 1991. Families... 

Susan Meiselas 2007

IRAQ. Erbil, Kurdistan. 2007. Street in front of the historic... 

Susan Meiselas 2007

IRAQ. Erbil, Kurdistan. 2007. Sheikh Allah cemetery in front... 

Susan Meiselas 2007

IRAQ. Erbil, Kurdistan. 2007. New construction of the longest... 

Susan Meiselas 2007

IRAQ. Kurdistan. 2007. Women waiting as their men look at the... 

Susan Meiselas 1992

Collaged police report and photograph, San Francisco, from the... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Esteli. July 16, 1979. Final assault on the Esteli... 

Susan Meiselas 1986

NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1986. Mural featuring Nicaraguan heroes. 

Susan Meiselas 1991

NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1991. Wall previously painted with "Molotov... 

Susan Meiselas 1984

NICARAGUA. 1984. Stencil of a Sandinista rebel throwing a molotov... 

Susan Meiselas 2009

NICARAGUA. Esteli. 2009. Monument to Pablo Arauz, known as "Bareta,"... 

Susan Meiselas 2009

NICARAGUA. Managua. 2009. T-shirts sold at the 30th anniversary... 

Susan Meiselas 1900

NICARAGUA. Magazine cover with photo of a Sandinista rebel throwing... 

Susan Meiselas 1900

NICARAGUA. Pamphlet with photo of a Sandinista rebel throwing... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Diriamba. June 1978. Burial of worker, with flag of... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1979. National Guardsmen trapped on main street... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Santo Domingo. 1979. Main street in rural town.

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1979. National Guard reinforcements entering... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. September 1978. Muchachos (young rebels)... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. August 26, 1978. First day of popular insurrection.... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. In the central plaza, renamed "Plaza... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. Women washing laundry in sewer of downtown... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. 1979. Harvesting sugar cane near Leon. 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. 1979. 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. 1979. 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Esteli. 1979. Toward Sandinista training camp in the... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Managua. June 1979. Neighborhood bomb shelter dug... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Alphabetization campaign teaching literacy to women... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. September 1978. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. September 1978. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. September 1978. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. 1978. Young street sniper controls the... 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. South Carolina. 1974. James Ray. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. South Carolina. 1974. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. South Carolina. 1974. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. South Carolina. 1974. Son of Elsie Smith. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Mississippi. 1974. Annie Callahan. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Mississippi. 1974. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Mississippi. 1974. 

Susan Meiselas 1974

USA. Mississippi. 1974. 

Susan Meiselas 2015

UK. 2015. A refuge in the Black Country. Rabia, Suite 7. 

Susan Meiselas 2015

UK. 2015. A refuge in the Black Country. Rabia, Suite 7. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Little Italy. Carol, Dee and Pina... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Little Italy. Roe and Pina in front... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York CIty. 1978. Pebbles, JoJo and Roe on Baxter Street.... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

USA. New York City. 1978. Pebbles, JoJo and Carol on the A train.... 
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