Susan Sidebottom - Humanistic photographer, influencing social change, connecting people and organizations through photography

Resume2023

2022-24 MFA in Studio Art, Photography

Visionary Scholars Award: merit scholarship awarded by faculty

1990 B.A., Journalism, Hussman School of Journalism and Media

B.A., Speech Communications

2023 Forthcoming exhibit, Suspended in the Balance, Iowa State University

2022 A Place in the Sun, Art Center Sarasota

2010 On the Edge: Homeless and Working Among Us, UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Media

2009 On the Edge: Homeless and Working Among Us, Levine Museum of the New South in conjunction with

The Light Factory

2007 Lifeline to the Community, permanent exhibit personifying aging with dignity for the homebound elderly

participating in Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services

2022 Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota-Manatee’s Affordable Housing Crisis

2022 NPR Affiliate, WUSF Public Media, Through a Different Lens

2022 SRQ Magazine, Finding a Home in the Sun

2022 Rangefinder Magazine, Serving, the eye-catching photo of the week

2021 Bloomberg Businessweek +Equality, Women Are Entering a Trucking Industry Not Built for Them

2021 Suspended in the Balance, a 14-page photo essay, Iowa Business Record for Iowa Stops Hunger

2017 United Way’s National Report, ALICE: Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed, 40-image photo essay to

accompany 80-page national report

2021 Exhibit Sponsorship, Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Sarasota, FL

2020 Merit Award Recipient, National Council on Aging, Austin, TX

2008 Grant Recipient, Arts and Science Council Cultural Arts Grant, Charlotte, NC

2009 Grant Recipient, Foundation for the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC

Board of Visitors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2021-Present

Co-President; Co-Vice President, Summit High School PTO, 2016-2018

Board of Directors, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC, 2005-2007

Board of Directors, Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC, 2002-2008

Founder, Susan Sidebottom Photography Portrait Studio, Charlotte, NC 2001-2009

Chair, Board of Directors, The Volunteer Center of San Francisco, 1997-1999

Founder and Chair, Street Project San Francisco, 1991-1994

West Coast Magazine Sales Manager promoted from Northwest Manager, Barbara Bella & Associates, July ‘95-Aug. ‘96; Oct. ‘92-March ‘94

Media Planner promoted from Assistant Media Planner, Foote, Cone & Belding, 1991-1992