Susanne Page

Susanne Page (March 3, 1938 – May 13, 2024) was an American photographer. She was best known for her photographs of Native Americans of the American southwest.

Page worked for the United States Information Agency for 40 years as a photographer.

Work Susanne Page created documentary photographs of the Hopi and Diné (Navajo) people going about their daily lives. In 1974, she was invited by Hopi elders to photograph the Hopi people and the plants and animals that sustain their way of life. The Hopi elders had seen her photographs of the Diné people which convinced them of her seriousness as a documentary photographer. Consequently she was the first photographer, since the early 20th century to be authorized by the tribe to do so.

Selected photographic books Song of the Earth Spirit, Photographs and text by Susanne Page, foreword by David Brower. Friends of the Earth, McGraw-Hill, Ballantine Books (1973) Hopi, photographs by Susanne Page, text by Jake Page. Harry Abrams Publisher, (1982), and Hopi, Twenty Fifth Anniversary Edition, redesign by Rio Nuevo Publishers. (2009) A Celebration of Being: Photographs of the Hopi and Navajo, photographs and text by Susanne Page, foreword by Robert Redford. Northland Publishing, (1989) Navajo, photographs by Susanne Page, text by Jake Page. Harry Abrams Publisher, (1995), and Navajo, redesign by Rio Nuevo Publishing (2010) Field Guide to Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts, Photographs Susanne Page, text by Jake Page. Random House Publishing (1998) Indian Arts of the Southwest, Photographs by Susanne Page, text by Jake Page. Rio Nuevo Publishers, (2008)