Susan Shacter is a New York based photographer and video director whose portraits have been published in various magazines.
She has done posters and special shoots on movies for Miramax Films, CanalPlus, Merchant Ivory Productions, October Films, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, and Universal Pictures; and CD covers for Virgin, Arista, Universal and Sony Music.
She has photographed various celebrities.
Shacter’s work has been exhibited at Emporio Armani in New York City, as well as in group shows at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn NY, The International Center of Photography, NYC; Staley Wise Gallery, NYC; Feigen Contemporary, NYC; The Forbes Gallery, NYC; Soho Photo, NYC; and The Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC.
Caught in the Act: New York Actors Face To Face is a book of her black and white portraits made with the writer Don Shewey and published by New American Library. Her work has been included in several books; among them Vanity Fair’s Hollywood and Broadway Day and Night.
She is a contributing editor on theater and film to Bomb Magazine.
Shacter plays a fashion photographer in Rob Morrow’s feature film Maze, starring Laura Linney.