Sandra Weiner

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

Weiner was born in Sandra Smith 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; she would later marry Weiner.[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]
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References


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