Susan Sterner

Susan Sterner is a photographer and educator artist based in the Washington, D.C. area. In 2006 she joined the faculty of the Corcoran College of Art and Design (now the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University) and has worked to develop the undergraduate photojournalism major. In 2011 she launched the Corcoran’s New Media Photojournalism Master of Arts program which she continues to lead. Susan began her career as a photojournalist freelancing with national and international publications while based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She then worked for the Associated Press as a staff photographer, based in Mississippi and California. With the AP she covered domestic issues such as immigration, child labor and families in poverty as well as U.S. border issues and social change in Haiti. A two-year fellowship with the Institute of Current World Affairs sent her to Brazil to photograph and write about women’s lives and access to resources. After returning to the United States, she worked as a White House photographer, documenting the official and the behind-the-scenes life of the presidency. Current projects address women’s health and social status, and immigration and families.