Jump to content

Suzanne Szasz: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→‎Biography: expl of approach
→‎Biography: expanding
Line 4: Line 4:
Born Suzanne Szekely in 1915 in [[Budapest]], she moved to the United States after World War II.<ref name=":0">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 (state)|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|''Ladies' Home Journal'',]] she became a freelance photographer, selling pictures to ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]], [[Look magazine|Look]], [[Parents (magazine)|Parents]], [[Good Housekeeping]],<ref>How to Read Your Child's Body Language, Szasz, Suzanne . Good Housekeeping ; New York Vol. 186, Iss. 6, (Jun 1978): 80, 82, 84, 86.</ref> [[McCall's]]'' and [[Family Circle|''Family Circle'']].
Born Suzanne Szekely in 1915 in [[Budapest]], she moved to the United States after World War II.<ref name=":0">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 (state)|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|''Ladies' Home Journal'',]] she became a freelance photographer, selling pictures to ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]], [[Look magazine|Look]], [[Parents (magazine)|Parents]], [[Good Housekeeping]],<ref>How to Read Your Child's Body Language, Szasz, Suzanne . Good Housekeeping ; New York Vol. 186, Iss. 6, (Jun 1978): 80, 82, 84, 86.</ref> [[McCall's]]'' and [[Family Circle|''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 the world-touring [[The Family of Man]] show for the [[Museum of Modern Art]], which was seen by 9 million viewers.
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 the world-touring [[The Family of Man]] show for the [[Museum of Modern Art]], which was seen by 9 million viewers. She went on to participate in four other international group exhibitions in Europe.


[[Developmental psychology|Child psychologists]],<ref>Karl W. Deutsch (1972) Relating and Responding: The Adult, Childhood Education, 48:5, 227-235, DOI: 10.1080/00094056.1972.10727368</ref> including [[Bruno Bettelheim]] and doctors at the Gesell Institute of Human Development in New Haven found Szasz's capacity to work with children, and ability to seem to 'disappear' when taking her apparently intimate and candid pictures, of value to their work and collaborated with her.<ref name=":0" /> She assisted in another study of women who used the [[Combined oral contraceptive pill|birth control pill]] in [[Puerto Rico]] in 1962.<ref name=":0" /> Her work illustrated articles by [[Margaret Mead]],<ref>Mead, M. (1970). Working Mothers: And Their Children. Childhood Education, 47(2), 66-71.</ref> Elizabeth Taleporos, [[Karl Deutsch|Karl W. Deutsch]] and others.
[[Developmental psychology|Child psychologists]],<ref>Karl W. Deutsch (1972) Relating and Responding: The Adult, Childhood Education, 48:5, 227-235, DOI: 10.1080/00094056.1972.10727368</ref> including [[Bruno Bettelheim]] and doctors at the Gesell Institute of Human Development in New Haven found Szasz's capacity to work with children, and ability to seem to 'disappear' when taking her apparently intimate and candid pictures, of value to their work and collaborated with her.<ref name=":0" /> She assisted in another study of women who used the [[Combined oral contraceptive pill|birth control pill]] in [[Puerto Rico]] in 1962.<ref name=":0" /> Her work illustrated articles by [[Margaret Mead]],<ref>Mead, M. (1970). Working Mothers: And Their Children. Childhood Education, 47(2), 66-71.</ref> Elizabeth Taleporos, [[Karl Deutsch|Karl W. Deutsch]] and others.

In the context of the post-war 'baby boom' her books on, and imagery of, child-rearing proved popular


Szasz was a founding and active member of the [[American Society of Media Photographers|American Society of Magazine Photographers]], through which she promoted the standing of women in the profession.<ref>Ferrers, V. (1959). PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY NOTES. The British Journal of Photography, 106(5173), 371.</ref>
Szasz was a founding and active member of the [[American Society of Media Photographers|American Society of Magazine Photographers]], through which she promoted the standing of women in the profession.<ref>Ferrers, V. (1959). PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY NOTES. The British Journal of Photography, 106(5173), 371.</ref>

Revision as of 00:48, 3 August 2018

Suzanne Szasz (October 20,1915–July 3, 1997) was a Hungarian-born American 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,[2] 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 the world-touring The Family of Man show for the Museum of Modern Art, which was seen by 9 million viewers. She went on to participate in four other international group exhibitions in Europe.

Child psychologists,[3] including Bruno Bettelheim and doctors at the Gesell Institute of Human Development in New Haven found Szasz's capacity to work with children, and ability to seem to 'disappear' when taking her apparently intimate and candid pictures, of value to their work and collaborated with her.[1] She assisted in another study of women who used the birth control pill in Puerto Rico in 1962.[1] Her work illustrated articles by Margaret Mead,[4] Elizabeth Taleporos, Karl W. Deutsch and others.

In the context of the post-war 'baby boom' her books on, and imagery of, child-rearing proved popular

Szasz was a founding and active member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, through which she promoted the standing of women in the profession.[5]

Personal life

Szasz was married twice. Her first, to Sandor Szasz, a diplomat, ended in divorce in 1947. She later married Ray Shorr, also a photographer, and they remained together until his death in 1994. There were no children from either marriage.

Books

  • Prudden, Bonnie; Szasz, Suzanne (1987), Fitness from six to twelve (1st Ballantine Books ed ed.), Ballantine Books, ISBN 978-0-345-33302-5 {{citation}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  • Szasz, Suzanne; Taleporos, Elizabeth (1984), Sisters, brothers, and others (1st ed ed.), W.W. Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-01810-3 {{citation}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  • Szasz, Suzanne (1980), The unspoken language of children, Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-00989-7
  • Szasz, Suzanne (1978), The body language of children (1st ed ed.), Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-01175-3 {{citation}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  • Suzanne Szasz (1977), Modern wedding photography, New York American Photographic, ISBN 978-0-8174-2439-8[6]
  • Szasz, Suzanne (1976), Child photography simplified, Amphoto, ISBN 978-0-8174-0190-0
  • Szasz, Suzanne (1966), How I photograph children, Amphoto
  • Szasz, Suzanne; Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976; Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) (1964), The silent miaow : a manual for kittens, strays, and homeless cats, Crown Publishers, ISBN 978-0-517-50305-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Szasz, Suzanne; Lyman, Susan Elizabeth, (joint author.) (1960), Young folks' New York, Crown Publishers {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Szasz, Suzanne; Katz, Phyllis B; Wholberg, Meg (1960), The child care guide : and family adviser, The Parents' Institute, Inc
  • Appell, Clara (1959), We are six : the story of a family, Golden Press
  • Szasz, Suzanne (1957), Guide to photographing children, Greenberg
  • Wolf, Anna W. M; Szasz, Suzanne (1954), Helping your child's emotional growth, Doubleday

Articles

  • Anna W. M. Wolf & Suzanne Szasz. 'David makes a friend'. In Woman's home companion. Aug. 1950
  • Anna W. M. Wolf & Suzanne Szasz. 'Let me have it'. In Woman's home companion, Sept. 1950
  • Szasz, Suzanne, 'How to Read Your Child's Body Language'. in Good Housekeeping ; New York Vol. 186, Iss. 6, (Jun 1978): 80, 82, 84, 86.

Exhibitions

Group exhibitons

  • 13.12.1977 - 15.01.1978 Weltausstellung der Fotografie - Die Kinder dieser Welt. 515 Fotos aus 94 Ländern von 238 Fotografen. Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, HGKZ, Switzerland.
  • 13.10.1973 - 18.11.1973. 3rd Weltausstellung der Fotografie - Unterwegs zum Paradies Gruner + Jahr AG, Druck- und Verlagshaus, Stern, Hamburg, Germany
  • 06.12.1968 - 05.01.1969 Die Frau - 2nd Weltausstellung der Photographie. Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Zürich, KGMZ, Switzerland.
  • 02.10.1964 - 08.11.1964 Der Mensch - First Weltausstellung der Fotografie. Organisiert von 26 europäischen Museen zum Thema: Was ist der Mensch? . Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Zürich, KGMZ, CH.
  • Neikrug Gallery
  • New York Camera Club
  • International Center of Photography

Solo Exhibition

  • The Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest (retrospective 1982)[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Suzanne Szasz, 81, Photographer of Children.(Cultural Desk)(Obituary). (1997, July 10). The New York Times, p. The New York Times, July 10, 1997.
  2. ^ How to Read Your Child's Body Language, Szasz, Suzanne . Good Housekeeping ; New York Vol. 186, Iss. 6, (Jun 1978): 80, 82, 84, 86.
  3. ^ Karl W. Deutsch (1972) Relating and Responding: The Adult, Childhood Education, 48:5, 227-235, DOI: 10.1080/00094056.1972.10727368
  4. ^ Mead, M. (1970). Working Mothers: And Their Children. Childhood Education, 47(2), 66-71.
  5. ^ Ferrers, V. (1959). PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY NOTES. The British Journal of Photography, 106(5173), 371.
  6. ^ Bezner, L. (2002). Wedding Photography: ‘A Shining Language’. Visual Resources, 18(1), 1-16.
  7. ^ Szasz, S., Popper, P., & Magyar Nemzeti Galéria. (1982). Suzanne Szasz: A retrospective at the Hungarian National Gallery. Budapest: Hungarian National Gallery
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suzanne_Szasz&oldid=853185878"