Susan Meiselas

Photographer

The New Yorker: Revisiting the World of “Carnival Strippers”

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Susan Meiselas’s intimate view of a sex-industry subculture remains a remarkable document of its time.

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Susan Meiselas

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Photofile Book Release

Outstanding Contribution to Photography: Sony World Photography Awards 2025

Interview with GQ: What is really takes to be a war photographer like Lee Miller

Images From Inside (and Outside) the DNC

COAL + ICE Opens at Asia Society in New York City

Women in Motion Paris Billboard

Carnival Strippers: New York Times Best Photography Books of 2022

Document Journal: Between illusion and the studied art of the tease, strip clubs are the last bastion of the American Dream

Women in Motion and Fisheye Magazine

The Baffler: On the Bally

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

AnOther Magazine: Revisiting Susan Meiselas’ Riveting 1970s “Carnival Strippers” Series

Magnum Photos: Susan Meiselas on Imagination and Photographic Education

NYTimes: Women in the Spotlight, But Few Behind the Lens

Vogue UK: Pioneering Photographer Susan Meiselas On The Power Of The Unretouched Woman

The Guardian: 'Especially relevant': Susan Meiselas wins 2019 Deutsche Börse photography prize

British Journal of Photography: Susan Meiselas - A space for collaboration

MotherJones: Susan Meiselas’ Work Has Changed How We Think About Photojournalism. Her Retrospective Actually Does It Justice.

Hyperallergic: Photographer Susan Meiselas on the Relationships She’s Built with Her Subjects

NYTimes: Back to Nicaragua for a Pioneering Photographer of Rebellion

NYTimes Lens Blog - Susan Meiselas: Breaching Boundaries in Photography

MagnumPhotos: In Conversation: Susan Meiselas and Bieke Depoorter

The Art Newspaper: Susan Meiselas: “I am directed by where I want to go, where I want to stay, where I want to go back to”

LIVE from the NYPL Susan Meiselas with Ann Hamilton: In Focus