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SUSAN MEISELAS

'Matagalpa, Nicaragua, 1978', printed 1989

Dye transfer print, image size 17 5/8 x 26¾ in., signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso, matted.
Literature
Meiselas, Nicaragua, c. 1981, front cover illustration; Manchester, In Our Time, p.293 (illus.) where titled 'Awaiting counterattack by the National Guard in Matagalpa, Nicaragua'.

Lot Essay

This is a Special Anniversary Dye Transfer print made for the In Our Time exhibition.

Susan Meiselas has worked extensively in the United States as a freelance photographer. She photographed in Nicaragua from 1978 and regularly returns to Central America. She became a full member of Magnum in 1980 and was elected sole American vice-president in 1987. Her awards include the Robert Capa Gold Medal from the Overseas Press Club, New York (1979), the Leica Award for Excellence, Photojournalist of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Photographers (1982) and the Engelhard Award from the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

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