Susan Ressler is an artist, author and educator. She has been making photographs for about 50 years, and her work is in the Smithsonian American Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Harry Ransom Center, and many other important collections. A recipient of two NEA fellowships, Ressler was one of eight photographers (including John Humble, Joe Deal, Robbert Flick, and Bill Owens) who participated in The Los Angeles Documentary Project in 1979-80. Her portfolio "The Capital Group," about wealth and power in America, led her to return to LA in 2010 to expand this work and focus on consumerism, and related social inequities. She has published two monographs of her California work with Daylight books, "Executive Order" and "Dreaming California," and is now working on her 50-year retrospective. She is Professor Emerita, Purdue University, where she was Head of the Photography Area.
