Zoe Strauss (born 1970) is an American photographer[1] and a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[2] She uses Philadelphia as a primary setting and subject for her work.[1][2] Curator Peter Barberie identifies her as a street photographer, like Walker Evans or Robert Frank, and has said “the woman and man on the street, yearning to be heard, are the basis of her art.”[3]
In 2006 her work was included in the Whitney Biennial[4] and her solo exhibition, Ramp Project: Zoe Strauss, was shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.[5] In 2012 a mid-career retrospective, Zoe Strauss: 10 Years, was shown at Philadelphia Museum of Art,[6] accompanied in Philadelphia by a display of 54 billboards showing her photographs, and at the International Center of Photography in New York City.