After retiring from the City of Atlanta after 36 years, Susan J. "Sue" Ross now pursues her passion for documentary and fine art photography full-time as the PhotoGriot, Atlanta's photo-cultural historian.
Sue managed the City's Small Business Development Program, 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. Recently her work was featured in the Darnell Aviation Museum 10th Anniversary exhibit and her civil rights leaders exhibit Stayed On Freedom can be seen at the Georgia Stand-Up project building. She recently has been honored as one of 6 Icons in MARRYAM MOMA's public art installation ICONoclasts on Auburn Avenue.