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Suzanne Szasz (1915–July 1997) was a photographer of children and family life.

Biography

Born Suzanne Szekely in 1915 in Budapest, she moved to the United States after World War II.^[1] While working in New York in 1947 as a counsellor at a children's summer camp she began photographing with a borrowed camera. Encouraged by winning a cover competition for The Ladies' Home Journal, she became a freelance photographer, selling pictures to Life, Look, Parents, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and Family Circle.

Szasz had exhibited in galleries before her arresting image of a wide-eyed girl in a toy indian headdress was selected by Edward Steichen for the 'Childhood Magic' section of world-touring The Family of Man show for the Museum of Modern Art, which was seen by 9 million viewers.

Child psychologists, including Bruno Bettelheim and doctors at the Gesell Institute of Human Development in New Haven found Szasz's capacity to work with children of value to their work and collaborated with her. She assisted in another study of women who used the birth control pill in Puerto Rico in 1962.

Szasz was a founding member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers.

Personal life

Szasz was married twice. Her first, to Sandor Szasz, a diplomat, ended in divorce in 1947. She married Ray Shorr, also a photographer, and they remained together until his death in 1994.

Books

Include:

Guide to Photographing Children;
Sisters, Brothers and Others with Elizabeth Taleporos;
The Silent Language of Children;
Modern Wedding Photography;
Young Folks' New York with Susan E. Lyman,
We Are Six: The Story of a Family with Clara and Morey Appell.

Exhibitions

Neikrug Gallery
New York Camera Club
International Center of Photography
The Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest (retrospective 1982)

References

^ Suzanne Szasz, 81, Photographer of Children.(Cultural Desk)(Obituary). (1997, July 10). The New York Times, p. The New York Times, July 10, 1997.

[1] Suzanne Szasz, 81, Photographer of Children.(Cultural Desk)(Obituary). (1997, July 10). The New York Times, p. The New York Times, July 10, 1997.

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 ==Biography==
-Born Suzanne Szekely in 1915 in Budapest, she moved to the United States after World War II. While working in New York in 1947 as a counsellor at a children's summer camp she began photographing with a borrowed camera. Encouraged by winning a cover competition for The Ladies' Home Journal, she became a freelance photographer, selling pictures to [[Life (magazine)|Life]], [[Look magazine|Look]], [[Parents (magazine)|Parents]], [[Good Housekeeping]], [[McCall's]] and [[Family Circle]].
+Born Suzanne Szekely in 1915 in Budapest, she moved to the United States after World War II.<ref>Suzanne Szasz, 81, Photographer of Children.(Cultural Desk)(Obituary). (1997, July 10). The New York Times, p. The New York Times, July 10, 1997.</ref> While working in New York in 1947 as a counsellor at a children's summer camp she began photographing with a borrowed camera. Encouraged by winning a cover competition for The Ladies' Home Journal, she became a freelance photographer, selling pictures to [[Life (magazine)|Life]], [[Look magazine|Look]], [[Parents (magazine)|Parents]], [[Good Housekeeping]], [[McCall's]] and [[Family Circle]].
 Szasz had exhibited in galleries before her arresting image of a wide-eyed girl in a toy indian headdress was selected by [[Edward Steichen]] for the 'Childhood Magic' section of world-touring [[The Family of Man]] show for the [[Museum of Modern Art]], which was seen by 9 million viewers.
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 * International Center of Photography
 * The Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest (retrospective 1982)
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