Susan Nam [A Photographer] | Philadelphia

kensington

susannam — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:22:47 +0000

FOLLOW THE LIGHT

susannam — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:56:57 +0000

LIVE COLORFULLY

the orange line [fairmount/girard]

susannam — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:42:43 +0000

THINGS ONLY PHOTOGRAPHER’S LOVE TO HEAR–
JUST SHOOT ME.

year one

susannam — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:00:54 +0000

it’s everything you’d imagine & more

LOVE ENDLESSLY.
LOVE ALL OR LOVE NONE.

the orange line

susannam — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 03:59:18 +0000

PAIN IS TEMPORARY
HAPPINESS IS ETERNAL

the orange line

susannam — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:59:13 +0000

there’s a duality to life that exists in us all whether we acknowledge it or not.
embrace the struggle.

DO NOT QUESTION YOUR DIFFERENCES
BUT UPLIFT THE TRUTHS.

easter sunday

susannam — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:26:01 +0000

HUMILITY STARTS AT THE CROSS

all in the family

susannam — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:46:59 +0000

no matter what kind of artist you are, the hardest to materialize is the love, hate, complications, and intimacy that comes from being part of a family.*

AND THE OLD SAYING HOLDS TRUE:
THINGS DON’T ALWAYS APPEAR AS THEY SEEM.

*post edited by request

find vienna

susannam — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:46:06 +0000

also featuring Lion of Ido & Atomic Tom

JUST DANCE

fotovisura grant

susannam — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:12:09 +0000

what i’ve been shooting for for the past year:

Nearly thirteen miles long, Broad Street is one of Philadelphia’s most prominent streets, threading together what makes the city famously its own, its neighborhoods. “The Orange Line” is an on-going documentary project exploring the northern half of the subway line that runs along underneath Broad Street.

During my time spent at each different station, I quickly realized the stations themselves really just served as a starting point for me to expand into its surrounding environment, to truly explore its neighborhood and its neighbors. The camera became a curiously welcomed element to an environment otherwise normally would not have seen. It was the subjects themselves that transpired the series into a more unexpectedly purposeful project.

I see the light in people. That is why I photograph them. I already saw the light in the people I photographed, but did they? I started to return to the sites I shot at to give those I photographed a copy of their print. By doing so, I was able to share in this light I saw in them, that perhaps even they were not able to see in themselves.

During dark and trying times, “The Orange Line” is a testament to the bright omniscience of the human spirit no matter where you are in the world. It shows the importance of seeing the hope in despair, to looking for the light that exudes from us all.

http://www.fotovisura.com/user/susannam/view/the-orange-line

WISH ME LUCK!