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Susan Meiselas

American · b. 1948 · Photographer

Susan Meiselas is an American documentary photographer. She has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1976 and been a full member since 1980. Currently she is the President… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Susan Meiselas, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, 1978, Dye transfer print, printed 1989Matagalpa, NicaraguaPhillips · £6,250≈ $8,432≈ €7,157Sign up to see
  2. Susan Meiselas, Lena after the Show, Essex Junction, Vermont (from the Carnival Strippers series), gelatin silver printLena after the Show, Essex Junction, Vermont (from the Carnival Strippers series)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $3,810≈ £2,846≈ €3,253Sign up to see
  3. Susan Meiselas, Before the Show, Tunbridge, VT, and After Hours, South Carolina from Carnival Strippers, 1973-1974, Two gelatin silver prints, printed laterBefore the Show, Tunbridge, VT, and After Hours, South Carolina from Carnival StrippersPhillips · $3,780≈ £3,421≈ €3,894Sign up to see

Susan Meiselas’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Susan Meiselas, Lena after the Show, Essex Junction, Vermont (from the Carnival Strippers series), gelatin silver print
Lena after the Show, Essex Junction, Vermont (from the Carnival Strippers series)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025
$3,810Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Wedding, El Salvador, gelatin silver print
Wedding, El Salvador
Rago Auctions · Oct 25, 2024
$504Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Carnival strippers, Essex Junction, Vermont 1973, 1973, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper
Carnival strippers, Essex Junction, Vermont 1973, 1973
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 5, 2024
€1,600Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Car of Samoza informer burning in Managua, Nicaragua 1978, 1978, Dye transfer print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper
Car of Samoza informer burning in Managua, Nicaragua 1978, 1978
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023
€1,800Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Cuesta del Plomo, site of assassinations by National Guard, Nicaragua 1978, 1978, Dye transfer print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper
Cuesta del Plomo, site of assassinations by National Guard, Nicaragua 1978, 1978
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023
€1,800Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Awaiting counterattack by the National Guard in Matagalpa, Nicaragua 1978, 1978, Dye transfer print, printed in 1989 on double-weight semi-matte paper
Awaiting counterattack by the National Guard in Matagalpa, Nicaragua 1978, 1978
OstLicht Photo Auction · Nov 18, 2023
€1,800Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Wedding in Santiago Nonualco, El Salvador, 1983, Gelatin silver print; signed
Wedding in Santiago Nonualco, El Salvador, 1983
Bonhams · Aug 29, 2023
$544Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Soldiers searching bus passengers, Northern Highway, El Salvador 1980, 1980, Gelatin silver print, printed in 1989 by James Newbil on double-weight semi-matte paper
Soldiers searching bus passengers, Northern Highway, El Salvador 1980, 1980
OstLicht Photo Auction · Jun 2, 2023
€2,200Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Before the Show, Tunbridge, VT, and After Hours, South Carolina from Carnival Strippers, 1973-1974, Two gelatin silver prints, printed later
Before the Show, Tunbridge, VT, and After Hours, South Carolina from Carnival Strippers, 1973-1974
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$3,780Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, 1978, Dye transfer print, printed 1989
Matagalpa, Nicaragua, 1978
Phillips · May 18, 2018
£6,250Sign up free to see
Susan Meiselas, Young Gawker, Essex Junction, Vermont from Carnival Strippers, 1974, Gelatin silver print
Young Gawker, Essex Junction, Vermont from Carnival Strippers, 1974
Phillips · Nov 7, 2013

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