Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Aero Theatre, Santa Monica
### **ABOUT THE EVENT:** The American Cinematheque is pleased to announce an afternoon talk and book signing with photographer [**Susan Meiselas**](https://www.susanmeiselas.com/biography). This event is presented by the [Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles](https://paclosangeles.com/events-programs) (PAC LA) with support from [Eastman Museum Los Angeles](https://www.eastmanla.org/). 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](https://aperture.org/books/susan-meiselas-nicaragua/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21934723879&gbraid=0AAAAA99s9roOkWjKl5knE4mrzgGx9UiT8&gclid=CjwKCAjw4efDBhATEiwAaDBpbn3eoMqcmXzO8rBLHjOuLJscP4GZidqxvUKVtScL5huOnvJJS7GnaRoCTjoQAvD_BwE&mc_cid=9c89e26cd0&mc_eid=2f094c9cf7)* **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](https://susanmeiselas.com/carnival-strippers)*** (1976), ***[Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History](https://susanmeiselas.com/kurdistan-book)* **(1997), *[**Pandora’s Box**](https://susanmeiselas.com/pandoras-box-book)* (2021), *[**Encounters with the Dani**](https://susanmeiselas.com/dani-book)* (2003), [***Prince Street Girls***](https://susanmeiselas.com/prince-street-girls-books) (2016), ***[A Room Of Their Own](https://susanmeiselas.com/a-room-of-their-own)* **(2017), *[**Tar Beach**](https://susanmeiselas.com/tar-beach-book)* (2020), and ***[Carnival Strippers Revisited](https://susanmeiselas.com/carnival-strippers-making-of)* **(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**](https://www.magnumfoundation.org/) 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*