Sandra Weiner
Sandra Weiner (Smith; 1921–2014) was a Polish-American street photographer and children's book author. Weiner was born in Drohiczan, Poland, and emigrated to the United States in 1928. She joined the Photo League in 1942.
Also recorded as Weiner, Sandra, 1921-2014
Sandra Weiner
- Born
- 1921
- Died
- 2014
- Nationality
- United States
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- photographer · artist · writer
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Sandra Weiner (Smith; 1921–2014) was a Polish-American street photographer and children's book author. Weiner was born in Drohiczan, Poland, and emigrated to the United States in 1928. She joined the Photo League in 1942.
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1921
Sandra Weiner born.
2014
Sandra Weiner died.
Children's books
• It's Wings That Make Birds Fly (1968) • Small Hands, Big Hands (1970) • They Call Me Jack (1973) • I Want to be a Fisherman (1977)
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There, she first studied under photographers Paul Strand, and Dan Weiner whom she would later marry. Following the dissolution of the Photo League in 1951, she was a commercial photographer in the 1950s and later wrote four published children's books.
Weiner's work is held in the following permanent collections: • San Francisco Museum of Art • International Center of Photography • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 1 print (as of August 2020) • Akron Art Museum Her personal papers are held in the University of Minnesota libraries.
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- 1.Sandra Weiner. 2019-09-02.
- 2.Tucker, Anne. This was the Photo League: Compassion and the Camera from the Depression to the Cold War. 2001.
- 3.Gonzalez, David. The Radical Empathy of Dan Weiner. The New York Times. 2018-08-02.
- 4.Mickenberg, Julia A. Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature. NYU Press. November 2008. 9780814757208.
- 5.Aperture. Aperture 112: The Storyteller. 1988. 9780893812867.
- 6.Rosenblum, Naomi. A History of Women Photographers. Abbeville Press Publishers. 2010. 9780789209986.
- 7.Whyte, Padraic. Children's Literature and New York City. Routledge. 2014-01-10. 9781135923006.
- 8.Sandra Weiner · SFMOMA.
- 9.Boy in Chair on Sidewalk]. www.metmuseum.org.
- 10.Easter Morning, Ninth Avenue - Online Collection - Akron Art Museum.
- 11.Collection: Sandra Weiner Papers | University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides.
- 12.Washington Post Newspaper. Book World. December 7, 1968.
- 13.Fishing: An Introduction to Fishing for Fun and Food for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals. 1988.
- 14.Smith, Jessie Carney. Images of Blacks in American Culture: ˜aœ Reference Guide to Information Sources. Greenwood Press. December 7, 1988. 9780313248443.
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