Susan Meiselas
American
1948, Baltimore, Maryland
Image: © Meryl Levin
Works in the Collection
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Susan MeiselasSandinistas at the walls of the National Guard headquarters, ‘Molotov Man’, known as ‘Bareta’ Pablo Jesús Aráuz, Estelí, Nicaragua, July 16th, 19791979, printed 2019 -
Susan MeiselasNubia carrying her dead husband home to be buried in their backyard, Masaya, Nicaragua, 19791979, printed 2019 -
Susan MeiselasMuchachos await counterattack by the National Guard, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, August 19781978, printed 2019 -
Susan MeiselasSearching everyone traveling by car, truck, bus or foot, outside Managua, Nicaragua, 19781978, printed 2019 -
Susan MeiselasFuneral procession for assassinated student leaders. Demonstrators carry a photograph of Arlen Siu, an FSLN guerrilla fighter killed in the mountains three years earlier, Jinotepe, Nicaragua, 19781978, printed 2019 -
Susan MeiselasWall graffiti on Somoza supporter’s house burned in Monimbo, asking “Where is Norma Gonzalez? The dictatorship must answer.” Monimbo, Nicaragua, 19781978, printed 2019 -
Susan MeiselasMain street of rural town, Santo Domingo, Nicaragua, 19781978, printed 2019 -
Susan MeiselasThe Wives, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasTeen Dream, Woodstock, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1973, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasTentful of Marks, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasThrough the Dressing Room, Barton, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasYoung Gawker, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasLena on the Bally Box, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1973, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasThe Star, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1975, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasShortie on the Bally, Barton, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasMitzi, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasThe Managers, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasLulu and Debbie, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasLena's First Day, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1973, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasThe Girl Show, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasGinger, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from the series Carnival Strippers1975, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasGawker, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasFirst Dance, Presque Isle, Maine, from the series Carnival Strippers1973, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasExtra Girl, Fryeburg, Maine, from the series Carnival Strippers1975, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasCandy, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1973, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasThe Bally Stage, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1974, printed 2004 -
Susan MeiselasCompeting for Clients, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers1975, printed 2004 -
Susan Meiselas3:30 am Undocumented workers captured by U.S. Border Patrol, Chula Vista, California, from the series Crossings1989; printed 2011 -
Susan Meiselas11:00 am "Drop site" off Interstate 5, Oceanside, California, from the series Crossings1989; printed 2011 -
Susan Meiselas2:00 pm Holding cell for undocumented female detainees, El Cajon, California, from the series Crossings1989; printed 2011 -
Susan MeiselasSecurity TV IV, New York, from the series Pandora's Box1995 -
Susan MeiselasStreet Fighter, Managua, from the series Nicaragua1979 -
Susan MeiselasYouths practice throwing contact bombs in forest surrounding Monimbo, from the series Nicaragua1978 -
Susan MeiselasCuesta del Plomo, a well-known site of many assassinations carried out by the National Guard, where people searched daily for missing persons, Managua, Nicaragua, from the series Nicaragua1981 -
Susan MeiselasSoldiers search bus passengers along the Northern Highway, El Salvador1980
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