Dan Weiner

Dan Weiner was an American photojournalist, working largely for Fortune magazine. Weiner specialized in photographs of America at 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, working 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, who he met through the Photo League as her teacher.

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