leigh wiener Simone Signoret, 1960, Very Rare High Quality Black and White Photography Poster with Varnish from the Fahey/Klein Gallery

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Black & White

Measures approx. 31 1/2 x 24 Very Rare High Quality Black and White Photography and Varnish Poster from the Fahey/Klein Gallery. It states on the bottom of the poster in very small type: Published by The Art Group Limited, London, their phone number, Printed in England, Simone Signoret, 1960 by Leigh Wiener 3047 unknown edition. Leigh Wiener During his 50-year career as a photographer and photojournalist, Leigh Wiener photographed every U.S. president from Truman to Reagan, Hollywood legends from Marilyn to Marlon, musicians from Miles to Sinatra, poets, scientists, playwrights and industry titans. Born in 1929, Wiener grew up in New York City, where his father worked as a newspaper man. Arthur “Wegee” Felig, a family friend who worked as a freelance news photographer, first taught Wiener to look at pictures. By 15, he had sold a photo to Collier’s. Wiener went on to become a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times and then shot freelance for Life, Time, Fortune – Sports Illustrated and many more. He created and co-hosted the Emmy Award-winning half-hour television show “Talk about Pictures” on KNBC, Channel 4, in Los Angeles and received numerous awards for his football motion picture documentary “A Slice of Sunday.” Leigh Wiener’s photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery and several national museums. He also published several books that include his photos. He passed away in 1993,