Education
He studied painting at the Art Students League and the Pratt Institute, and eventually turned to photography, becoming a member of the Photo League.
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 specialized in photographs of America at work. Weiner was born in New York City in 1919. Weiner served in the Army Air Force during World World War II, and became a professional photojournalist after the war.
Weiner died in 1959 in a plane crash in Kentucky.
The plane, piloted by the subject of one of his stories, collided with the side of a mountain during a freak snowstorm.