Susan Meiselas: Creative Activism - A Window Into the World of Artists and Social Entrepreneurs

Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer and member of the cooperative Magnum Photos since 1976. She is the author/editor of 7 books, including a six year project curating a 100 year photographic history of Kurdistan. Meiselas integrated her own work into Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, and created a pioneering website of cultural exchange, www.akaKurdistan.com, an online archive for collective memory. Meiselas has also co-directed two films: Living at Risk and Pictures from a Revolution.

Meiselas is well known for her multiple decades documenting human rights issues in Latin America. Her photographs are included in American and international collections. In 1992 Meiselas was made a MacArthur Fellow. Since 2008, she has been the President and Acting Executive Director of the Magnum Foundation.

The Magnum Foundation champions in-depth, independent documentary photography that fosters empathy, engagement, and positive social change. The MF supports, trains, and mentors the next generation of photographers, encouraging active collaboration with media, communities and non-profit organizations to create innovative distribution strategies for greater social impact.

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