Dan Weiner
1919 - 1959
Dan Weiner was an American photojournalist, working largely for Fortune magazine. Weiner specialized in photographs of America at work.
Life and work
He was born in New York City. He studied painting at the Art Students League and the Pratt Institute, and eventually turned to photography, becoming a member of the Photo League.
Weiner served in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and became a professional photojournalist after the war who worked largely for Fortune magazine. He made street photographs of mid-20th-century New York City.
He died in a plane crash in Kentucky, aged 39. The plane, piloted by the subject of one of his stories, collided with the side of a mountain during a freak snowstorm.
He was married to Sandra Weiner, whom he met through the Photo League as her teacher.
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