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September 22, 2017

Susan Meiselas—Pictures Are “Merely the Starting Point”

Search along the highway to León, Nicaragua, 1979. From "Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline," published by Aperture. © Susan Meiselas

Self-portrait, 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971. From "Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline," published by Aperture. © Susan Meiselas

Sandinistas at the walls of the National Guard headquarters: "Molotov Man," Estelí, Nicaragua, July 16, 1979. From "Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline," published by Aperture. © Susan Meiselas

Cover, "Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline," published by Aperture.

Susan Meiselas writes about the projects and ideas that shaped her career in On the Frontline, her new book from Aperture. Illustrated throughout, the book reveals among other things how Meiselas has thought about her relationships with and responsibilities to her subjects and about how she gained access to communities and cultures. At many points,…

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Aperture, Documentary photography, On the Frontline, photo book, photojournalism, Susan Meiselas

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