Background
John Weiss was born on January 31, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
John Weiss was born on January 31, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
John Weiss earned a Bachelor of Science from Temple University in Philadelphia (1963) and a Master of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, in 1973.
John Weiss has taught at the University of Delaware, Newark, since 1975, first as an assistant professor and since 1979 as an associate professor. He has also been the coordinator of photography at the school since 1976. John Weiss served in the position of artist-in-the-schools in New Castle, Delaware, in 1974-1975, and taught in the MIT Creative Photography Program from 1969 to 1973.
Quotations: "It's not about moving pixels, it's about pictures that move us."