Susan Wood

Susan Wood is an internationally published photographer and journalist. The winner of many Art Director and Clio awards, her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Susan's editorial and advertising work could be seen on a weekly basis in magazines such as Vogue, Look, Life, People and New York Magazine. Susan was a regular contributor to Look Magazine, most notably for a cover story on John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Susan also worked for 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and United Artists and was the stills photographer on the set of Easy Rider.

Mademoiselle named Susan as one of their 10 Women Of The Year in 1961. Susan was also a founding member of the Women’s Forum. Some of those she has photographed and interviewed are Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, John Wayne, Marcello Mastroianni, Anthony Quinn, Monica Vitti, Joseph Heller, Betty Friedan, Norman Mailer and John Updike.

Susan has appeared on many TV and radio programs including Today, Dick Cavett, To Tell the Truth, Good Morning America, Barry Farber and Medical Matters. Her investigative reportage on medical malfeasance titled “Dr. Feelgood”, appeared as a cover article in New York Magazine.

Susan's work is represented in the Library of Congress and by Getty Images.

A product of the New York City public school system (High School of Music and Art), she went on to receive her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and graduate work at Yale University School of Art and Architecture. For 20 years she served on the Board of Directors of Blueberry Treatment Centers - a school, camp and residence for emotionally disturbed children.

Her recently published books are "WOMEN: Portraits 1960-2000" from Pointed Leaf Press (2018) and "IRELAND" from The Lilliput Press (2018). She is also co-author of “Hampton Style” published by Little Brown (1992), which was a Literary Guild selection. For that project, she took over 250 original photographs of houses, gardens and art studios on the East End of Long Island.