Suda House

Suda House is a photographer of national and international reputation living and working in San Diego. She has taught photographic processes since 1977, first in the Los Angeles area. Since 1980 she has been a professor of art and photography at Grossmont College, where she has also served as Art Department chair and coordinated the Digital Media Arts Lab.

House received her BFA from USC in 1973 and MA from Cal State Fullerton in 1976. She was a recipient of an NEA Emerging Photographer’s Fellowship and has written extensively about photography, including her book Artistic Photographic Processes (Amphoto, 1981). Her work is represented in collections at institutions including the MCASD, MOPA, LACMA, Creative Center of Photography, Tucson, and Norton Simon Museum of Art. In addition to her academic background, early on House worked in the photographic industry.

During the past 50 years of image making, House’s work has explored the culture of images of women, the element of water as a metaphor for women’s struggles and the power of myth and storytelling from a woman’s voice.

For the Winter 2025 Session, Suda is teaching the following class: