Suzanne Marshall studied behavioral psychology at Northern Michigan University in the 1970s. After graduating from NMU, Marshall’s interests led her to Harvard University, where she earned a Master’s degree in psychology. At the time, human developmental psychology was taught in a somewhat dull, safe, and conservative approach, but living in Boston presented gig employment opportunities and introduced Marshall to the burgeoning internet and software frontier.
Marshall began taking photographs in the 70s after she graduated from Harvard, and she began exhibiting photographs in the US and abroad in the 1980s. Marshall continues to show her work today, most recently at the Center for Art and Culture in Honduras. Her work is numerous publications and collections, including at the Ministry of Culture in Ecuador, the University of Vermont, Polaroid Corporation Collection, the Boston Public Library, and the DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University.