Susan S. Bank

Susan S. Bank is a photographer who approaches ordinary people in ordinary situations with the sensibilities of a poet and the instincts of an artist. A snapshot shooter most of her life, Bank committed to becoming a photographer at the ‘perfect point’ at age 60, studying with Mary Ellen Mark, Graciela Iturbide, David Alan Harvey and Constantine Manos. Bank’s award-winning work is represented in museum collections in the United States, Mexico, Spain and Cuba. Her first monograph Cuba: Campo Adentro, a portrait of rural life, honored as Best Books of the Year 2009 by PHotoEspaña and Photo-eye books. Bank resides in Philadelphia, PA and Portsmouth, NH.