Sanjay Suchak is an American photographer and director known for his work with popular musical artists, global brands and documenting issues of modern social justice.
His camera has taken him around the world as the photographer for the Dave Matthews Band and Public Enemy as well as the video director for Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. Additionally he has toured with Slightly Stoopid, The Grateful Dead and Trey Anastasio.
His work from 2017-2024 covering the efforts to remove Confederate statues and memorials in the South is considered by many to be the most comprehensive look inside the process process to remove the statues. The project concluded with him being granted permission to document the melting of the Charlottesville statue of Robert E. Lee. These photos and all his photojournalism work are represented exclusively by the Monroe Gallery of Photography in Santa Fe, NM.
He has done commercial commissions for clients ranging from banks to universities to nonprofits.
Sanjay is a former Fellow in Democracy at the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia.
He is a proud member of Diversify Photo.
His work resides in many private collections as well as that of the Spencer Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art - Los Angeles, The University of Virginia - Special Collections, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and others.
Press:
- Capturing The Moment - Episode 1 - Sanjay Suchak - PBS
- Dave Matthews Band photographer Sanjay Suchak’s path from government work to a career in the arts - VPM
- How Dave Matthews Band Tour Photographer Sanjay Suchak Meshes His Two Loves - The Creative Factor
- Creatives & Coffee: How to Take a Great Portrait (in 5 Minutes or Less)
- Dedicated to the 'Story Behind the Story'
- Life on and off the road with Dave Matthews Band tour photographer Sanjay Suchak
- A Day In The Life Of A Music Photographer On Tour
Sanjay is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Contact:
email: sanjaysuchak@gmail.com
Selected Clients and Publications
- Architectural Digest
- BUSH
- Charlottesville & Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Crowley Webb
- CNN
- Dreaming Tree Wines
- ESPN
- LiveNation
- Financial Times
- The Grateful Dead
- Goldenvoice
- GQ
- Harvard
- Howler Brothers
- Los Angeles Times
- M&T Bank
- Montgomery College
- National Geographic
- The New York Times
- NASCAR
- Nike
- Quirk Hotels
- Red Light Management
- Richmond Times Dispatch
- SKANSKA
- Slightly Stoopid
- SPIN Magazine
- Southern Environmental Law Center
- Trey Anastasio
- University of Alaska
- University of Virginia
- The Universities at Shady Grove
- United States Department of State
- United States Naval Academy
- Virginia Quarterly Review
- The Wall Street Journal
- Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- The Washington Post
- The Wine Group