Susan Silberberg-Peirce grew up in Los Angeles, attended UCLA, studied art and earned a Ph.D. in Classical Art History. As a professor, she photographed historic and ancient architecture, archaeological sites and the natural world, images of which were used for teaching, publication and exhibition. She organized an archive, Canyonlights World Art Slides, that supplied museum and her images to scholars, libraries and universities worldwide. Her didactic images have been scanned and are available from Scholars Resource.

 

Today she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, having moved from the Little Thompson River Valley near Boulder, Colorado, where, through her photographs, she helped to protect the historic, archaeologically rich riparian river corridor. Her images of the area were exhibited and sold to help save this unique area from destruction as a dam site. She has lectured and participated in forums on environmental photography, consulted at the Photo Archives of the Getty Center for the Arts and Humanities, worked on photo documentation projects for Artstor, and photographed private sites and properties on assignment.

 

Her photographs have been exhibited internationally and have appeared in a number of publications, including Photographer's Forum, Best of Photography Annual, Women In Photography International Exhibition Catalogue, American Rivers Calendar, Art History Journal, Woman's Art Journal, LAICA Journal, Redstone Review, Cowboys and Indians, The Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Stories of the Ancient Americas and NewWest.net. Her work is included in collections worldwide.

 

With the advent of the digital darkroom and archival photo printers, Susan prints her own works for sale. She also teaches individual classes and group workshops in all aspects of digital photography and is available for photographic documentation and assignments.

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I have been privileged to travel to some of the most beautiful sacred landscapes and ancient sites. While there, I have been intrigued by the ambiguities of openings and passages, natural and constructed transitional zones that one can physically and spiritually transcend. These places nurture the soul. I hope that my photographs transmit some of their spirit.