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Forbes: Susan Meiselas On Photographing ‘Carnival Strippers’ At The Girls Show Striptease

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Apr 28, 2022

Initially overlooked upon publication, Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas’ book Carnival Strippers is having a long overdue revival. As she opens a landmark retrospective of her work in Berlin, Meiselas speaks to Grace Banks about the true meaning behind a radical project that’s now being revisited as a seminal feminist text.

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Susan Meiselas On Photographing ‘Carnival Strippers’ At The Girls Show Striptease
Initially overlooked upon publication, Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas’ photobook "Carnival Strippers" is having a long overdue revival.
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