Susan Bank

Susan Bank
Born
Susan Sweetster

1938 (age 86–87)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.
OccupationPhotographer
Years active1998
Known forPiercing the Darkness

Susan Bank (née Sweetster; born 1938) is an American photographer, and painter.

As a documentary photographer, she is known for photos she took on regular trips to Cuba.[1][2][3] Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, she did not take up photography until the age of 60.[4] She studied photography under Mary Ellen Mark and Constantine Manos.

Collections

Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[5] the Lehigh University Art Galleries Permanent Collection[6] and the James A. Michener Museum of Art.[7][8]

Bibliography

  • Cuba: Campo Adentro. Sagamore Press, 2008 ISBN 978-0615205953
  • Piercing the Darkness. La Fabrica, 2012 ISBN 978-8415303909

References

  1. ^ Smith, Nicola. "Views of Cuba in a New Light". vnews.com/.
  2. ^ Galleries, Lehigh University Art (2005). Viajeros: North American Artist/photographers' Images of Cuba. Lehigh University Art Galleries/Museum Operation.
  3. ^ "AI-AP | Dispatches from Latin America » Susan Bank's Unvarnished View of Life in Havana". www.ai-ap.com.
  4. ^ "New Hampshire couple's eclectic home a sight to behold". concordmonitor.com.
  5. ^ "Susan Bank Guillermo in His Capa". mfah.org.
  6. ^ "Susan Bank: Nine Untitled Works". Artstor via Lehigh University Art Galleries Permanent Collection. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Healer, Susan Bank, 2005". Google arts and culture. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Facing Out, Facing In: Figurative Works from the Michener Art Museum Collection". James A. Michener Art Museum. Retrieved October 26, 2022.


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