SAT SEP 13, 2025 2:00 PM An Afternoon with Photographer Susan Meiselas Free Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Aero Theatre | Presentation by photographer Susan Meiselas Book signing with Susan Meiselas for her book Nicaragua following the talk at the Aero Theatre in partnership with Arcana Books. Co-presented by Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA) and Eastman Museum Los Angeles Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE EVENT: The American Cinematheque is pleased to announce an afternoon talk and book signing with photographer Susan Meiselas. This event is presented by the Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA) with support from Eastman Museum Los Angeles. Meiselas is well known for her documentation of human rights issues in Latin America, and her visit coincides with the 2025 rerelease of her acclaimed publication, Nicaragua from Aperture. The book was first published by Pantheon in 1981 and is more sharply relevant today than ever. Susan’s talk will center around her Nicaragua work over multiple decades and the various forms it has taken—as a book, exhibition, and film—tracing the lives of her images as they have circulated and been repatriated, shifting their meaning over time. Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer based in New York. In addition to Nicaragua, Meiselas is the author of numerous acclaimed titles including Carnival Strippers (1976), Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History (1997), Pandora’s Box (2021), Encounters with the Dani (2003), Prince Street Girls (2016), A Room Of Their Own (2017), Tar Beach (2020), and Carnival Strippers Revisited (2022). Among her many awards of recognition, Meiselas has received the MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, and her work is included widely in North American and international collections. Meiselas has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1997 as well as the President of the Magnum Foundation since 2007, with a mission to expand diversity and creativity in documentary photography. Image credit: Reframing History, Masaya, Nicaragua, 2004. Installation of Muchacho withdrawing from commercial district of Masaya after three days of bombing. Masaya, Nicaragua, September 1978. © Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos