Susanne Page Explained

Birth Name:Susanne Calista Stone
Birth Date:3 March 1938
Birth Place:Montclair, NJ
Death Place:Alexandria, VA
Known For:Photographs of Hopi and Diné people
Style:documentary
Spouse:Fred Anderson, Tom Truitt, Jake Page
Children:3 children, 3 step-children
Father:Charles Francis Stone III
Mother:Virginia Young Stone

Susanne Page (March 3, 1938 – May 13, 2024) was an American photographer. She was best known for her photographs of Native Americans of the American southwest.[1]

Page worked for the United States Information Agency for 40 years as a photographer. She died on May 13, 2024, at the age of 86.[2]

Work

Susanne Page created documentary photographs of the Hopi and Diné (Navajo) people going about their daily lives. In 1974, she was invited by Hopi elders to photograph the Hopi people and the plants and animals that sustain their way of life. The Hopi elders had seen her photographs of the Diné people which convinced them of her seriousness as a documentary photographer. Consequently she was the first photographer, since the early 20th century to be authorized by the tribe to do so.

Page's work has been exhibited and published widely. Fifty of her photographs are held in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.[3]

Selected photographic books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Susanne Page, Who Took Rare Photos of the Hopi and Navajo, Dies at 86. The New York Times. Sam. Roberts. May 29, 2024. May 29, 2024.
  2. News: Susanne Page Obituary (2024). The Washington Post. May 18, 2024. May 29, 2024.
  3. Web site: Susanne Page photographs, 1977–1982 . Smithsonian Institution . 5 June 2024.