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Susana Raab (born in Lima, Peru) is a photographer currently based in Washington, DC.

Education
She holds a BA in English Literature from James Madison University and an MA in Visual Communications from Ohio University.

Work
As stated in Raab's artist statement on the Washington Project for the Arts, Raab's work is an "examination of the quotidian, archetypical and ordinary: man’s relationship with his environment and identity within that framework."

Oftentimes, Raab's work entails traveling across the United States photographing moments of "American leisure" or "disturbing signs of cultural habits." In Raab's series Consumed, she explored American's fast food obsession and mass consumption through photographs at festivals, fast food joints, hotdog eating contests, and other sites across the Midwest and East Coast. More recent work of Raab's has focused on themes of family and community regarding her birthplace, Lima, Peru, as well as Anacostia, DC.

Her work is held in the collections of Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History, The Library of Congress, and The Art Museum of the Americas. She is also the recipient of grants such as the White House News Photographers’ Project Grant and a D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship.

Exhibitions
Raab's work has been exhibited internationally and nationally, at venues including: the Corcoran Museum of Art, the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Madrid, the Pingyao Photo Festival, Noorderlicht Fotofestival in the Netherlands, and the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC.