Ellen Land-Weber

Ellen Land-Weber
Born (1943-03-16) March 16, 1943 (age 81)
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrown University and University of Iowa
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • author
Websiteellenlandweber.com

Ellen Land-Weber (born 1943) is an American photographer and author.[1]

In 2000, she authored the book To Save a Life: Stories of Jewish Rescue.[2][3]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada[1] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[4] and numerous permanent collections.

Exhibited widely since the 1970s, she was known for working with alternative technologies such as the first color copy machine, 3M Color in Color, (solo exhibition at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978).[5]

She was one of 24 photographers commissioned by the Seagram company to document every county courthouse for the US Bicentennial,  now housed in the U.S. Library of Congress Seagram County Courthouse.[6]

As a member of the photography collective “Water in the West” she has been documenting the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Refuge since the 1990s, archived at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona.[7]

She has been the recipient of numerous Artists Grants from the Polaroid Corporation, working in every format from SX70 to 20x24.[citation needed]

She held leadership positions in the Society for Photographic Education, Treasurer 1979–1981, Secretary 1981–1983.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Ellen Land-Weber". www.gallery.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. ^ "To Save A Life: Stories of Jewish Rescue. A Journal for MultiMedia History review". www.albany.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  3. ^ Leigh, Alissa (24 December 2000). "'To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue' by Ellen Land-Weber". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Ellen Land-Weber". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  5. ^ "North Coast Journal October 5, 2006 : ART BEAT : Permanent". www.northcoastjournal.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  6. ^ "Search Results: "ellen land-weber" - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  7. ^ "An alphabetical index to the photographs in the Center for Creative Photography Photograph Collection organized by name of photographer" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-17.
  8. ^ "Leadership History". www.spenational.org. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-09-19.

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