Susan Nam [A Photographer] | Philadelphia

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!

tcu football

susannam — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:23:31 +0000

JUST RUN WITH IT

the orange line [hunting park]

susannam — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00:32 +0000

DREAMS TAKE BUT JUST A LITTLE DUE DILIGENCE

color my world ii

susannam — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:33:51 +0000

the orange line [erie through logan]

susannam — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:39:46 +0000

HOME SWEET HOME

happy campers

susannam — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:30:43 +0000

whipped out my beloved 35mm for the first time in ages.
these photos were taken over the summer when i was 8 months pregnant-
as part of me and han’s last trip together before the baby.

my thoughts on sharing personal photographs has evolved so much over the years.
today, they are more than just photographs for me and my family,
but have become an integral part of my photography.
my thoughts now? a happy medium of course: share with discretion.

the entire trip was captured in only 24 frames.
in an era where we have an excess to access,
i find limitations healthy to my sanity.

OVER-STIMULATION WAS NEVER A GOOD THING.

lucia

susannam — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:22:03 +0000

origin: derived from the latin common name lucius, related to lux or lucis “light”

NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU’RE FROM OR HOW OLD YOU ARE…
WE ALL STARTED HERE.

a little bit of this, a little bit of that

susannam — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:56:57 +0000

the relaunching of my site has been an excruciating few months.
it’s true when they say, it’s hard to find good help these days.
but, nothing a little bit of patience can’t take care of.

in lieu of the resurrection of my site, i just wanted to update everyone with what i’ve been shooting. believe me, i’ve been dying these months not being able to post new images!

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I FIND IT COMFORTING NOT KNOWING WHERE OR WHO MY WORK WILL TAKE ME TO.

color my world

susannam — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:33:42 +0000

PHILLY. AS COLORFUL AS THEY COME.