Susan Berger earned her BA degree in English at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and studied
photography at Columbia College in Chicago, IL and in the Master of Fine Arts photography program at the
University of Arizona. She has trained with Jerry Uelsmann and Shelby Lee Adams, and from December 2007 until June 2009, she was studio and administrative assistant to Frank Gohlke, the noted landscape photographer.

Susan's photography is project-driven, documenting her observations of the details of Americana.  
While there is much discussion of the regional differences of our country, Susan is impressed with the similarities.
She sees that the same concepts, thoughts and impulses are found throughout the country with a variety of
 interpretations.  She has traveled the country recording those interpretations.
                                                    
Selected Exhibitions

2024             Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.,

2017             University of Arizona Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ  "Martin Luther King Dr."

2016            University of Arizona Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ,  "Martin Luther King Dr"

                   DNJ Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, "Martin Luther King Dr"
                   Diane Kidd Gallery, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH, "Martin Luther King Dr"
 2012           The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA,  "Martin Luther King Boulevard"
 2010           The Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR "Private Memories in Public Places"
 2009           China International Photography Exhibition, Luishi, China "Private Memories in Public Places"             
 
Selected Group Exhibitions

 2016            Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ, "Light Sensitive" Juried Exhibition
 2013            Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, Identity" juried by Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography
Cleveland Museum of Art
                     Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, "Color-blind" Juried  Exhibition
                     Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA, "Musings" juried by John A. Bennette,  awarded Honorable Mention
 2012            Houston Center for Photography, "Juried Membership Exhibition"  juried by Anne Tucker, Curator of Photography, 

                                   Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
 2011            The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH "The Contemporary Landscape"
                    The Texas Photographic Society, "Best Shot"  Juried Exhibition
                     55 Gallery, Tucson, AZ, "All Souls Procession Photography Exhibition"  Juried Exhibition                               
                     Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ, "Beyond the Lens"                                 
 2009            The Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, "Anthology"  

 2005           Jane Addams Hull House Center for Arts and Culture, Chicago, IL  "Emerging Artisits"                                               

Selected Public Collections 

Center for Creative Photogrpahy, Tucson, AZ  

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
 The Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL

McEvoy Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Lishui Photography Museum, Lishui, China
Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Salpointe High School, Tucson, AZ

Publications and Reviews

Monograph published by Dark Spring Press Life and Soul: American Streets Honoring Martin Luther King Photographs by Susan Berger, Foreward  

     by Frank Gohlke
Photo District New PDN Photo of the Day, www.potd.pdnonline.com "Photographing Streets Named for Dr. KIng"
The Houston Chronicle, www.chron.com "Photographer Takes Photos of Streets Named After Martin Luther King, Jr.," 

    John-Henry Perera, June 27, 2016
The Atlantic,  www.citylab.com "Photographing the Streets Named for Martin Luther    King, Jr.," Eillie Anzilotti, June 2, 2016
Photonews - Susan Berger Martin Luther King Dr., May 2016
ArtScene Review - Review by Simone Kussatz, April 2016
The Morning News  www.themorningnews.org, January 12, 2016
Oxford American Magazine - www.oxfordamerican.org, June 8, 2015
A Photo Editor -  www.aphotoeditor.com, January 9, 2015
OIC Moments - www.oh-i-see.com, February 20, 2014
Lenscratch - http://lenscratch.com, December 14, 2013
Volume Magazine - "Guilty Landscapes" Vol 31, Spring 2012
Rangefinder Magazine - "Signs of the Times" Vol 62, No 3, March 2012
The Metrowest Daily News - review by Chris Bergeron January 22, 2012
The Winchester Star - review January 19, 2012
Boston Globe - Review by Mark Feeney, January 9, 2012
Desert Leaf Magazine - Vol. 25, No. 11, November 2011
F-Stop Magazine - Issue 44, December 2010
Shots Magazine -  Issue 108, Summer 2010

Grants and Commissions

2012  Commission: Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona 2012 Annual Report
 2009  Project Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts