Susan Jane Golding
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Please be advised that Susan Jane Golding passed away on June 22, 2025.
Photography can be a vocation, an obsession, an art form, a way to cogently document the era in which one lives, or a complete waste of time. Thus it is with my own stuff.
When presented with the opportunity to travel, I tried to use my camera as an object to better understand my surroundings. However, most of my photographs are limited to the prosaic activity of the city where I was born.
I taught myself to use a camera in 2015. During that time, I have been hobbled by the COVID-19 epidemic, a severe leg injury, and my disgust with the mediocrity that permeates most of my own output.
To further complicate matters, in 2020 I was diagnosed with cancer that had progressed too far to be curable. My treatment options are limited. If I live another year, I may be able to add to my collection but the body of my truncated and incomplete work will remain mostly as you see it.
My gratitude to those who have helped me improve my primitive skill is limitless but I also owe thanks to the viewer who has stopped even for a minute to contemplate the images of my mind’s eye during what will be the last decade of my life.
Susan Jane Golding 2025
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- JoinedNovember 2005
- Current cityNew York City
- CountryUnited States
- Websitehttps://www.instagram.com/susanjanegolding/
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A great portfolio for anyone who loves street photography! And where better to go hunting than NYC!!! Well, Paris comes to my mind as a European ;-). I prefer those of your very good pictures that don't betray any reaction to the photographer. I love it when photos spontaneously show an open social situation that tells… Read more
A great portfolio for anyone who loves street photography! And where better to go hunting than NYC!!! Well, Paris comes to my mind as a European ;-). I prefer those of your very good pictures that don't betray any reaction to the photographer. I love it when photos spontaneously show an open social situation that tells a story. "The photograph is completely abstracted from life, yet it looks like life. That is what has always excited me about photography"- Richard Kalvar. By the way, I read in the Magnum Fotos newsletter that the great Richard Kalvar is offering a course in April, subject and location: street photography in NYC with practical excursions. Unfortunately I don't have time to attend, although I can certainly improve my photos. I envy you this opportunity, although you probably don't need it. I take the liberty of following you on flickr and wish you a successful hunt!
Read lessWhen I look at Susan's work, I see traditional NYC street photography in its finest traditions; traditions set by the likes of Winogrand, Frank, and Meyerowitz, but not constrained by dogma. She goes her own way with scenes of humanity intertwined with healthy strains of humor.
Beautiful Captures!
I love that you capture New York City in B&W. That's as it should be (except for Times Square at night).