Ida Dora Wyman (March 7, 1926 – July 13, 2019) was an American photographer best known for her documentary photography of New York street life.[1]
Ida Wyman | |
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 Ida Wyman at Burbank Airport, Los Angeles, 1950 | |
| Born | Ida Dora Wyman March 7, 1926 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | July 13, 2019 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Early life
editWyman was born in Malden, Massachusetts on March 7, 1926.[1][2] She grew up in the Bronx, New York. Wyman began her photography career while she was in high school, by taking photos of her neighborhood.[3] Before becoming a photographer, Wyman had planned to be a nurse.[4]
Wyman can be heard as a contestant on the 15th November 1950 edition of You Bet Your Life.
Wyman died in Fitchburg, Wisconsin on Saturday, July 13, 2019.[5]
Work
editWyman was a member of New York City's Photo League.[6][7] During the 1940s and '50s, she shot over one hundred assignments for Life magazine.[2] Working from the west coast, she was often assigned to photograph movie stars on set, such as James Cagney in White Heat.[8]
By 1962 Wyman had given up professional photography, taking a job at Haskins Laboratories in New York. Manhattan. She returned to photography in 1968, as a pathology photographer in the department of medicine at Columbia University.[1] It was not until her 70s and 80s that she began to receive critical acclaim for her work.[1]
Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Jewish Museum, New York.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Sandomir, Richard (July 19, 2019). "Ida Wyman, Whose Camera Captured Ordinary People, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Ida Wyman, Photographer for Life, Chronicler of America, 93". PDN Online. July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
- ^ Tucker, Anne (July 20, 2001). "This was the Photo League: Compassion and the Camera from the Depression to the Cold War". Stephen Daiter Gallery – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Story Behind the Clock Set in a New York City Sidewalk - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Monroe Gallery of Photography announced the death of photographer Ida Wyman". artdaily.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ Bezner, Lili Corbus (July 20, 1999). Photography and Politics in America: From the New Deal Into the Cold War. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9780801861871 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gilbert, Sarah (July 19, 2019). "The pioneering female photographer Ida Wyman – in pictures". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Horizon". American Horizon. July 20, 1985 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Jewish Museum". thejewishmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2019-07-20.