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:

San Francisco Museum of Art^[8]
International Center of Photography^[1]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 1 print (as of August 2020)^[9]
Akron Art Museum^[10]

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

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

External links

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[ICP-1] "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.

[Tales-4] 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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