Daylight Books published Susan Ressler Photographs.
“Ressler’s photographs are important documents of the changing world over the past fifty years, and they are an archive of ‘the now.'”— Mark Rice
Over a half century ago as a college student in the 1960s, photographer Susan Ressler began documenting and inquiring about the world around her through her camera. Her latest book, Susan Ressler Photographs: 50 Years, No End in Sight, is a retrospective that features 238 images from her vibrant and prolific career as a visual storyteller, highlighting the range of her artistic voice, from street photographer to ethnographic image maker exploring social and political questions internationally.
The book begins with Ressler’s thoughtful Introduction, in which she provides insight into her process, as well as considerations of the influence of the counterculture movement and anti-establishment ethos present nationally when she started photographing in the 1960s and was beginning to explore the camera as a tool for expression and activism. She writes,
“Perhaps because of its pervasive unrest and idealism, the ’60s sensitized me to social injustice and a belief that all of us, together, can make a difference. Can images do that? I still don’t know, but that doesn’t stop me from trying.”
The book is organized with titled sections that group images from six major bodies of work, such as Executive Order: Images of 1970s Corporate America, From Analog to Digital, and American Stories: Finding My Way Home, that highlight the depth of curatorial considerations in the work itself, as well as the book flow.
About the artist:
Susan Ressler is a renowned artist, author, and educator who has been making social documentary photographs for more than fifty years. Her work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Library and Archives Canada, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and many other important collections. A recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) fellowships, Ressler is internationally exhibited and published. She has published two previous monographs with Daylight Books: Executive Order (2018) and Dreaming California (2023).
Susan Ressler Photographs
Daylight Books
Hardcover
284 pages; 238 Photographs
11.25 x 10.5 inches
ISBN-13: 9781954119369
$60 US
www.daylightbooks.org
