Sue managed the City's Small Business Development Program - training over 500 small, minority & female firms while serving as the unofficial city photographer over the administrations of the first six African-American Mayors. She is a founding member of Sistagraphy: the collective of African-American Women Photographers.
Sue has exhibited her photography widely since 1985 with Zone III, Sistagraphy, African-Americans for the Arts (A-AFTA) and many others. Selected exhibits include "The World of Toni Morrison" at the Auburn Ave Research Library, "Sistagraphy Selects" at Buzz Coffee & Winehouse, "The Beauty of a Woman" at Haugabrooks Gallery, "Shero" at the Arts Xchange, "In Conversation - Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity" at the African-American Museum in Philadelphia and the Atlanta Jazz Festival public art exhibit Downtown. Her photo of Atlanta's African-American Presidential Medal Honorees was the cover photo for Trendsetters to Trendsetters magazine. Her iconic photo SHEROES was featured in the FOR THE PEOPLE photo-mural exhibit along Auburn Avenue. Recently, Sue curated the BLACK HISTORY 365 exhibit at Atlanta City Hall.
The Office of Cultural Affairs honored Sue in the 2018 Elevate Atlanta SWATS Artists Mural in Southwest Atlanta. Rolling Out magazine awarded Sue the 2019 Social Justice Award at Sisters with Superpowers. The Arts Xchange named Sue the 2019 Arts & Justice Bridge Builder at the Ebon Dooley Awards. The Atlanta Business League honored Susan's lifetime achievements by induction in the ABL Women's Hall of Fame at the 2019 Super Tuesday Women of Vision Breakfast. In 2021, Sue was named a REMARKABLE honoree and her work was in the REMARKABLE exhibit at ZuCot Gallery. Sue was named a 2021 Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists Association for her documentation of Jazz in Atlanta. In 2023, the National Black Arts Festival honored Sue, Camille Love & Alice Lovelace as "Champion For The Arts". The Atlanta Journal Constitution honored Sue with a feature article and video during Black History Month 2024. Congresswoman Nikema Williams presented a Congressional Proclamation to Sue and she was inducted into the 2024 Class of The Historymakers. Sue also was an honoree at the 2024 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Awards.
In 2023, Sue and Jim Alexander had a retrospective exhibit PARALLEL PERSPECTIVES at the Path Museum in Buckhead. In 2024, Sue and Jim Alexander's exhibit A PHOENIX REBORN was in the Mayor's Gallery at Atlanta City Hall celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the election of our first Black Mayor Maynard Jackson and exploring his legacy through the years. Their Jackson legacy photos were also featured at the Alliance Theatre production of Pearl Cleage's latest play "Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard."
Recently, Sue's work was featured in the exhibits EmpowerHER and A Decade of Creativity at the Emma Darnell Aviation Museum and Conference Center and currently in the AAFTA exhibit at Callanwolde.. Sue's permanent exhibit on Civil Rights Leaders - STAYED ON FREEDOM - can be seen at the Georgia Stand-Up Movement Center. She has been selected as one of six Atlanta Icons in MARRYAM MONA's public art installation ICONoclasts on Auburn Avenue.