Susana Raab
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- BA in English Literature, James Madison University
- MA in Visual Communications, Ohio University
Susana Raab | |
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| Born | Lima, Peru |
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| Known for | Fine art photography, documentary photography |
| Notable work | East of the River (long-term project) |
| Style | Documentary, fine art |
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| Website | susanaraab.com |
Susana Raab is an American fine art and documentary photographer[1] based in Washington, D.C. She was born in Lima, Peru.[2]
Raab studied and earned a MA in Visual Communications from Ohio University,[3] and also holds a BA in English Literature from James Madison University.[3]
Photography
Raab's photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain, the Pingyao Photo Festival, Noorderlicht Fotofestival[4] in the Netherlands, and the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, D.C.[5]
For the last decade,[6][7] Raab has been pursuing the long-term documentation of the East of the Anacostia River communities[7] in Washington, D.C. She also works as the photographer of the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum.[8] In 2018, Politico Magazine described her photo essay[9] about recent changes in demographics in Washington, DC as "a striking photo essay."[10]
Awards and recognition
She has been twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize,[11] and has been the recipient of the White House News Photographers' Project Grant,[11] four DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowships.[12]
- 1998 Nominee, Pulitzer Prize, The New York Times[11]
- 2004 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize, The Palm Beach Post[11]
- 2005 White House News Photographers' Association Project Grant[11]
- 2008 Critical Mass Top 50, Portland, Oregon[13]
- 2008 American Photography 24[14]
- 2009 Finalist, GrandPrize, Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland[15]
- 2009 Artist Fellowship, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities[11]
- 2010 American Photography 26[14]
- 2010 Photo District News Annual[16]
- 2012 Forward Thinking Museum, New York, New York[17]
- 2013 Nominee Prix Pictet[18]
- 2014 American Photography 30[19]
- 2015 American Photography 31
- 2015 Critical Mass Top 50[20]
- 2016 Artist Fellowship, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities[21]
- 2017 Artist Fellowship, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities[22]
- 2018 Artist Fellowship, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities[23]
- 2018 American Photography 34[24]
- 2018 Peter S. Reed Foundation Award[25]
- UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections[26]
- Puffin Grant[27][28]
Collections
Raab's photographic work is held in the following permanent public collections:
- Washington, DC Public Art Bank[29]
- Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History[30]
- Library of Congress[31]
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University[32]
- Art Museum of the Americas[33]