Sussman has been a media artist for over 30 years, first as a photographer for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. When Digital Desktop Editing became less expensive in the early 90s he began the migration to digital and the desktop editing arena. Since that time he has explored photo editing, video editing, 2D-3D animation, web design, CDROM authoring, DVD authoring and so on, earning recognition as a leader in the digital media field.

He has received numerous awards such as Kodak's Industrial Challenge Award, Epcot's Professional Photographers Showcase and Professional Photographers of America Showcase.

During the late 80s and early 90s he held seminars at Winona International School of Professional Photographers in the field of Special Effects. During that same period his photographs had graced the covers to magazines like Photomethods, Technical Photography, The Professional Photographer and others.

Today he is a freelance artist offering media services though his web sites www.choicegraphx.com and www.dwsussman.com