Sandra Weiner (1921–2014, Drohiczan, Poland) emigrated to the United States with her parents in 1928. She became involved with the Photo League in the early 1940s, where she studied photography under Paul Strand and Dan Weiner, whom she married in 1942. Her work was featured in Photo Notes and exhibited in the influential This is the Photo League exhibition (1948–1949). During this period, she worked as a freelance photographer, developing a documentary style rooted in the League’s humanist principles.
After Dan Weiner’s untimely death in a 1959 plane crash, Sandra worked as a picture editor at Sports Illustrated from 1959 to 1964. She went on to publish four photographic children’s books—It’s Wings That Make Birds Fly (1968), Small Hands, Big Hands (1970), They Call Me Jack (1973), and I Want to be a Fisherman (1977)—which reflected her belief in visual storytelling as a tool for education and empathy.
In addition to her publishing work, Weiner taught photography at New York University (1970–1973) and City University of New York (1975–1982). Deeply committed to preserving and promoting her late husband’s legacy, she worked to ensure Dan Weiner’s contributions to photojournalism received lasting recognition. Sandra Weiner died in New York in 2014 at the age of 93, leaving behind a rich legacy as both an artist and advocate.