Susan Meiselas' Photography

Susan Meiselas's photography is controversial and therefore censored. Her work in Latin American wars and 9/11 coverage have established her as an influential and well-known photographer yet her early work is also important. This work is primarily focused on New York in which the purpose was to establish the female figure as a sexual being. During the 1970s, she attempted to show young adolescents in New York (fully clothed) posing in a rebellious manner and wearing thigh clothes which were quite indecent for the period. She then photographed a wide range of strippers and prostitutes that worked in carnivals. In some of the pictures, she is attempting to mimic poses that are seen in famous paintings [1]. Some of the pictures shown here also address females in the south with the same dynamic as previously explored by Vivian Maier.