Joanna T. Steichen (February 22, 1933 – July 24, 2010), née Joanna E. Taub, was an American author, psychotherapist, and aide to her husband, photographer Edward Steichen.[1]
Biographyedit
Joanna E. Taub was born to a dental surgeon on February 22, 1933, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.[1] She grew up in Albany, New York then attended Smith College, where she majored in theater and graduated in 1954.[1] She met Edward Steichen in 1959 when she was 26 and he was 80.[2] They married the following year. She worked with him to mount exhibits and write his autobiography and ultimately arranged the donation of his collection to the George Eastman Museum.[1] After he died in 1973, she went back to school, earning a master’s degree at Columbia University’s School of Social Work and then practicing as a psychotherapist.[1] In 1983, she published a non-fiction book called Marrying Up: An American Dream and Reality[3][4][5] and in 2000, a survey of Edward Steichen’s work called Steichen’s Legacy: Photographs: 1895-1973, in conjunction with a retrospective at the Whitney Museum.[6][7][2]Steichen’s Legacy presented 315 of his photographs grouped thematically, with each group prefaced by a personal essay.
As of 1986, she lived on West 29th Street in Manhattan.[8] She died by drowning on July 24, 2010, at her summer home in Montauk, New York, after suffering from Parkinson's disease.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcdefGrimes, William (2010-08-07). "Joanna Steichen, Photographer's Wife and Aide, Dies at 77". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^ abGussow, Mel (2000-11-23). "Keeper of the Flame for a Master of Light; Joanna Steichen, Widow of the Legendary Photographer, Basks in His Legacy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^Toth, Emily (1984-05-06). "Marrying into money: The profits and the costs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^Selvin, Molly (1984-05-13). "Guidebook for the gold diggers of 1984". The Los Angeles Times. p. 286. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^Brooks, Andree (1984-06-29). "Feminism aside, you can marry up". The Fresno Bee. p. 54. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^Weeks, Jerome (2000-10-13). "The Master". Chicago Tribune. p. 66. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^Clemmer, David (2001-01-21). "The legacy of Steichen fixed for good". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 36. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^Basler, Barbara (1986-06-13). "EAST 27TH ST.: A QUIET AREA TURNS TOUGH". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
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