Susan Schulman
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Susan Schulman is an award-winning freelance photo/print/video journalist.
Originally trained as a fine artist, Schulman moved from her native New York to London in 1990 and worked as a filmmaker and editor before turning to photojournalism full time in 2000, video in 2008, and writing in 2012.
During those years she chronicled many of the world’s forgotten tragedies, from the horrors of childbirth in Sierra Leone to the wretched plight of gold miners in the Amazon basin. Her work has been featured in the world’s top print and visual media, including The New York Times, the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Architectural Digest (France), <em>The Atlantic</em>, VICE, PBS, BBC, and Channel Four.
Schulman has received numerous commissions from leading international organizations, such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme, Britain’s Department for International Development, and the Royal United Services Institute.
She is a regular contributor to UK magazine Delayed Gratification, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and the New Humanitarian.
