Weatherwax, Seema, 1905-2006

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Emigrating from Tsarist Russia with her parents in 1913 to escape persecution and the conscription act, Seema graduated from high school and began studying science courses in Leeds, England. A few years after her father's death, her mother took the three daughters to Boston to join relatives, and Seema became involved in photography. She moved to Southern California in 1929, lived in Tahiti in 1931, 32 for a year and back to Southern California where she joined the film and photo league in 1934. Ansel Adams asked her in 1938 to run his darkroom in Yosemite and assist him in his work. She helped him with his First Camera Workshop in Yosemite in 1939. In 1941 Seema met the writer Jack Weatherwax and with him and Woody Guthrie visited the Shafter Farm Security Administration Camp where she photographed Dust Bowl refugees and their surroundings. Since Jack₂s death in 1985, Seema has continued her activism in Santa Cruz and has had several exhibits of her work.

From the description of Photographs, 1933-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019385

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referencedIn Aronow, Abe. Bay Area faces and places : photograph archive by Abe Aronow, circa 1980-2010. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Weatherwax, Seema Aissen. Photographs, 1933-1993. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984. person
associatedWith Aronow, Abe. person
associatedWith Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967. person
associatedWith Ross, Frederick C. person
associatedWith Weatherwax, John M. person
associatedWith Weston, Edward. person
associatedWith Yosemite camera workshop. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Shafter farm labor camp
California
Yosemite
Long Beach
Subject
Agricultural laborers
Demonstrations
Earthquakes
Photography
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Activity

Person

Birth 1905-08-25

Death 2006-06-25

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