Sue Dorfman is a USA-based documentary photographer, media producer and media strategist. She uses her camera to tell the stories of people’s lives and livelihoods, with a particular emphasis on documenting human rights, social conditions and the arts. Over the years, she has photographed women working in a New England garment shop, Israelis and Palestinians searching for peace, life under apartheid South Africa, and Maine herbalists at work.
As part of a larger personal project, Documenting Democracy, the photos in Focus on the Vote capture the stories of those working to safeguard and advance the right to vote across much of the United States.
She is a Photographic Nights of Selma photographer and an alum of the Kalish Workshop, Apeiron Workshop, and the Maine Media Workshops. As a ZUMA Press photographer, her images have appeared nationally and internationally. Her work has been commissioned by non-profit organizations and foundations, including the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Focus on the Vote tells the stories of those working to advance, protect, implement and participate in the vote.
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