Susan Meiselas: Nicaragua
June 1978-July 1979
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Nicaragua forms an extraordinary narrative of a nation in turmoil. Starting with a powerful and chilling evocation of the Somoza regime during its decline in the late 1970s, the images trace the evolution of the popular resistance that led to the insurrection, culminating with the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in 1979. The book includes…
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Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 128
Number of images: 75
Publication date: 2016-10-15
Measurements: 10.75 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
ISBN: 9781597113830
Susan Meiselas (born in Baltimore, 1948) received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MA in visual education from Harvard University. Meiselas joined Magnum Photos in 1976 and has worked as a freelance photographer since then. She is best known for her coverage of the insurrection in Nicaragua and for her documentation of human rights issues in Latin America, which have been published widely. She currently serves as president of the Magnum Foundation and is represented by Cohen Amador Gallery, New York, and Rose Gallery, Los Angeles.
Kristen Lubben is a curator, writer, editor, and the executive director of the Magnum Foundation.
Alfred Guzzetti is the Osgood Hooker Professor of Visual Arts at Harvard University. He coproduced and codirected Susan Meiselas’s film Pictures from a Revolution (1991).