Member Profile: Susan Bowen

Artist’s Statement
My work is always about motion. The intense pace and vitality of the urban setting excites me; I like to shoot fast and furiously, to be totally immersed and to be swept up in, and along with, the tide of the moment. I am either shooting people that are in motion or I ...
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My work is always about motion. The intense pace and vitality of the urban setting excites me; I like to shoot fast and furiously, to be totally immersed and to be swept up in, and along with, the tide of the moment. I am either shooting people that are in motion or I am in movement around my subject... and often both.

These images are part of an ongoing series on "People Walking". Shot from a low vantage point at various busy street corners in New York City, I like to record the swirl of activity around me. The vantage point is low; I am sitting on the ground with a small tripod and rapidly capturing people as they walk by.

I enjoy the element of chance in all my photography. I like to be very spontaneous in my shooting and see what surprises that brings. It is a delight to me how the images capture my experience of a particular time and place and at the same time have an identity all their own.

SPECIALTIES: Black & White, Fine Art, Street Photography
WEBSITE: http://susanbowenpho... 
WEBSITE: http://www.blurb.com...

Work

Accomplishments
  • Gallery Show
  • Award
  • Book
  • Lecture
  • Other

  • BOOK: PEOPLE WALKING
    WHEN: 5/10/13
    Published book on Blurb (second website link above). Digital imagery shot in April 2013.
  • AWARD
    WHEN: 1/1/08
    In 2008 Susan completed a 48’ public art mural for a school in New Haven, Connecticut, and the previous year she created four murals for the Department of Transportation in Minnesota.
  • AWARD
    WHEN: 1/1/08
    She has been a finalist for public art projects in Brooklyn, Tampa, Gainesville, Iowa, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Frisco, Texas.
  • OTHER
    WHEN: 1/1/07 - 12/31/07
    In 2007 she was profiled in Photo Techniques and Light Leaks magazines, published in Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age.
  • OTHER
    WHEN: 1/1/06 - 12/31/06
    In 2006 and 2010 Susan had four images published in Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity, a book by Michelle Bates.
  • OTHER
    WHEN: 1/1/02 - 6/1/13
    Her 18 solo/2-person shows have been in New York, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Reno, Dayton, San Marino, Lubbock, Georgia, and Tennessee. Susan has also been in 176 group shows in the past 11 years.