Southward: 2015 – present
I’m exploring what is unique to the landscape of the American South and finding dense canopies,
open vistas, dramatic skies, still waters, live oaks, gulf storms, and back roads. I’m interested in
how nature can act as a metaphor for human emotion. I am amazed by how quickly nature can
change from comforting to threatening and that each of these conditions are imbued with beauty,
power, mystery, serenity, allegory, and grace.
BIO: Susan Bryant is a fine art photographer who lives in Clarksville, Tennessee. She is
Professor Emerita from Austin Peay State University where she taught photography for
37 years. Her work has been included in over 100 juried and individual group
exhibitions, and over 25 solo exhibits in the United States and is included in numerous
collections. Since retiring from full-time teaching, Susan has taught
photography workshops at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina, SxSE Workshops
in Molena, Georgia, and Woodsmoor Studios in Tennessee, focusing on hand-coloring
B&W photographs and the 19th-century cyanotype process.
