Suzanne Paul
(United States, 1945 - 2005)
Edward Albee
From the series Being Human, 2000
Silver Gelatin Print

$800

Unsigned print

This print was made for the FotoFest exhibition Being Human and was donated to FotoFest at that time.

Suzanne Paul, (1945 – 2005) received her B.F.A. from the University of Houston in 1968 and did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley.  In the 1960s, Paul became a political activist for anti-war and civil rights causes.  In Houston, she photographed for the feminist magazine Breakthrough in the late 1970s. In 1976, Paul began photographing artists for the Contemporary Arts Museum (CAM), Houston.  James Harithas, CAM Executive Director, gave Paul the first solo photography exhibition by a woman at the CAM. Paul credited the exhibit with launching her professional career.  Her work on the Houston art scene became very well known. She had solo exhibits at the Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth Texas, the Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas, and University of California, San Francisco Extension Center.  She participated in numerous group exhibitions including Collaborations: Artists Working Together in Houston at the Glassell School of Art, Houston and Texas Artists at the Charles Cowles Gallery in New York.   In 1981, Paul received a National Endowment for the Arts Photo Survey Grant. FotoFest presented her portrait work in 2001 in a solo exhibition titled Being Human.