Susan Bank

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

Susan Bank
Born
Susan Sweetster

1938 (age 84–85)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.
OccupationPhotographer
Years active1998
Known forPiercing the Darkness

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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