Sandra Weiner

Sandra Weiner (née Smith; 1921–2014) was a Polish-American street photographer and children's book author.[1]

Weiner was born in Drohiczan, Poland, and emigrated to the United States in 1928.[1][2] She joined the Photo League in 1942. There, she first studied under photographers Paul Strand, and Dan Weiner whom she would later marry.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7]

Collections

Weiner's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Her personal papers are held in the University of Minnesota libraries.[11]

Children's books

  • It's Wings That Make Birds Fly (1968)[4][12]
  • Small Hands, Big Hands (1970)[4]
  • They Call Me Jack (1973)[4]
  • I Want to be a Fisherman (1977)[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sandra Weiner". 2019-09-02.
  2. ^ Tucker, Anne (2001). "This was the Photo League: Compassion and the Camera from the Depression to the Cold War".
  3. ^ Gonzalez, David (2018-08-02). "The Radical Empathy of Dan Weiner". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b c d Mickenberg, Julia A. (November 2008). Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814757208.
  5. ^ Aperture (1988). Aperture 112: The Storyteller. Aperture. ISBN 9780893812867.
  6. ^ Rosenblum, Naomi (2010). A History of Women Photographers. Abbeville Press Publishers. ISBN 9780789209986.
  7. ^ Whyte, Padraic; O'Sullivan, Keith (2014-01-10). Children's Literature and New York City. Routledge. ISBN 9781135923006.
  8. ^ "Sandra Weiner · SFMOMA".
  9. ^ "Boy in Chair on Sidewalk]". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  10. ^ "Easter Morning, Ninth Avenue - Online Collection - Akron Art Museum".
  11. ^ "Collection: Sandra Weiner Papers | University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides".
  12. ^ "Book World". Washington Post Newspaper. December 7, 1968 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Fishing: An Introduction to Fishing for Fun and Food for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals". 1988.
  14. ^ Smith, Jessie Carney (December 7, 1988). Images of Blacks in American Culture: ˜aœ Reference Guide to Information Sources. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313248443 – via Google Books.

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