Susan Meiselas’s named Harvard Arts Medalist
Susan is the first photographer to ever receive this award! (JG)
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Susan Meiselas
(born 1948) is an American documentary photographer. She has been associated with Magnum Photossince 1976 and a full member since 1980. Her works have been published in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Times, Time, Geo and Paris Match. She received the Robert Capa Gold Medal in 1979 and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1992.
http://www.susanmeiselas.com/
http://www.universes-in-universe.de/woven-maze/meiselas/index.html
Meiselas was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended junior high school in Woodmere, New York. She earned her BA atSarah Lawrence College and an MA in visual education at Harvard University. She received a Honorary Doctorates in Fine Arts from the Parsons School in 1986 and from The Art Institute of Boston in 1996.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Meiselas
