Ellen Land-Weber

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Ellen Land-Weber
Born (1943-03-16) March 16, 1943 (age 80)
Rochester, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrown University and University of Iowa
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • author
Websiteellenlandweber.com

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

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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]

Works, permanent collections and exhibitions

Works

Permanent collections

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Awards

Press

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