Susan Barr (born December 15, 1957 Manchester, New Hampshire) is a fine art photographer specializing in lifestyle photography. Accepts commercial and editorial assignments, stock photo requests, wedding/milestone events, and portrait commissions. She received the American Photographic Artists (previously Advertising Artists of America) award for Lifestyle Photographer of the Year in 2008.

Barr was previously a professional fashion stylist during the 1980s and 90s trained by Keisha Keeble Cabaco and Irene Albright. Clients included Duff the MTV VJ (media personality), Bon Jovi, Hall and Oates, Carly Simon,Prince, and John Mellencamp. During 1984 to 2000 Barr was the New York Fashion Editor for the Stella Mode section of "Donna Magazine" located in Milan, Italy.

Later, Barr was an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design's New School of Photography from 1989 to 2001.

Barr attended Montserrat School of Visual Art in Beverly, Massachusetts for a year in 1974. She then graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) in Advertising and Design in 1979.

• 2013 Best Lifestyle Photographer - PDN ( Photo District News)]
• 2013 Honorable Mention in Family & Children categories Lucie Awards
• 2011 Best Lifestyle Photographer APA ( American Photographic Artists)
• 2010 May- July "Awareness” Pier Village Gallery, Long Branch, NJ
• 2008/2009 APA - Best Lifestyle photographer
• 2008 June-Sept "Extraordinary Moment” IGC 16 West 23rd NYC
• 2008 January "Essentially” Group portrait show Lana Santorelli NY
• 2007 June "Skin” Group Show Lana Santorelli Gallery South Hampton, NY
• 2006 Lucie Award / International Juried competition "Honorable Mention”
• 2001 June Group APA show/ Soho Triad Gallery, NY
• 2001 November “Portrait of a Pick Up” Time & Again Gallery Pecos New Mexico
• 2000 May "Portrait of a Pick Up“ Arista Gallery NY
• 1999 Summer Group Show Philips Mill Academy "Honorable Mention”
• 1998 Summer Group Show Philips Mill Academy
• 1998 Summer Juried Group show/ NJ State Art Fair "Best in Show”
• 1997 May Group show/ Art and Antiques, Red bank, NJ
• 1996 June / Gardening with my Camera, Lincroft, NJ

• Luvs Diapers division of Proctor and Gamble

• Packaging and Branding campaign

• Splenda division of Johnson & Johnson

• Branding and Consumer POP campaign

• Very Best Baby division of Nestle

• Consumer direct marketing campaign

• Simply White division of Colgate Palmolive
• Consumer ad and trade POP
• Pharmaceutical campaigns include: Cetaphil, Rototeque, Adderall, Tylenol
• Editorial assignments include Wondertime, Family Fun, Fit Pregnancy, and Nick Jr.

• American Cancer Society (ACS) - Monmouth County Annual Cancer Ball - designated photographer for ad journal and auction contributor
• YMCA – Red Bank Cultural Center – designated photographer for ad journal
• Big Brothers Big Sisters – BBBS Monmouth County Chapter - Event Photographer
• Books for Kids - booksforkids.org - Event Photographer
• Parsons School of Design – Adjunct professor New School 1989-2001
• APA/NY – American Photographic Artists, member since 1999

Published in December 2009 and 2010 by Globe Pequot Press, Barr illustrated Knack's "Raising Your Toddler" and "Health & Wellness of Babies First Year." In addition, Barr and her son have collaborated on a fine art ABC book, "ABC/XYZ." This was a personal project that was self published. Barr is working on an ongoing project called "Conceptions/Misconceptions" which is a photo essay on the new American family.