44 Irving Street - Susan Meiselas

44 Irving Street

I took my first photography course while pursuing a masters at Harvard Graduate School of Education. For the final course project, I made a 4x5 inch portrait of each of my neighbors from the boarding house where I lived, posed in a spot of their choosing at home. When I gave my subjects a print and asked them to write about how they saw themselves in my pictures, more often than not their words told a tale that the images alone did not relay.

44 Irving Street - Haskel. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Haskel. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Joan. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Joan. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Joan Letter. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Joan Letter. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Gordon. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Gordon. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Don. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Don. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Shared bathroom. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Shared bathroom. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Self-Portrait. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Self-Portrait. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Project Statement. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Project Statement. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Tenant. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Tenant. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Tenant. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Tenant. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Letter. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Letter. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Ellen. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Ellen. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Tenant Testimonials. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Tenant Testimonials. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Contact Sheet. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Contact Sheet. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Cromwell. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Cromwell. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Don Letter. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Don Letter. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Sharif and son. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Sharif and son. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Contact Sheet. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Contact Sheet. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

44 Irving Street - Notebook. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Notebook. 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA. 1971.

Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation

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