Born February 12, 1920, Lakewood, New Jersey
Raised in New York City
Died September 11, 2022, Charlotte, North Carolina
1944–1951
Member of the Photo League, New York, NY
Selected Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
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Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
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Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
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Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
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Davidson College - Van Avery/Smith Galleries, Davidson, NC
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Queens University - Gambrell Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
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Bank of America Corporate Collection
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Numerous private collections
Selected Exhibitions
2023
AIPAD (Association of International Photography Dealers) New York, NY
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Two Pioneering Women Photographers of the Photo League
Sonia Handelman Meyer and Ida Wyman, Monroe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Modern Women/Modern Vision
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The Gorelick Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
The Photo Archives of Sonia Handelman Meyer
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XXI Fotofestival, Łódź,Poland
2021
Rzeszów Photo Festival, Rzeszów, Poland
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The Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
Hannah Arandt and the 20th Century
2020
German Historical Museum, Berlin, Germany
Hannah Arandt and the 20th Century
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Napa Valley Museum Yountville, Yountville, CA
Modern Women | Modern Vision: Works from the Bank of America Collection
2019
The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2016
The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
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The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
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Babson Capital Management, Charlotte, NC
2013-14
The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
2013
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2012
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
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Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
2011
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
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National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
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Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2010
Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, Fairhope, AL
2009
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL
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Higher Pictures Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Gallery Three, Wachovia Center, Charlotte, NC
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Taylor Bercier Fine Art, New Orleans, LA
2007
Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1978
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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Galerie National du Canada, Ottawa
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts
1946–1951
Various Photo League exhibitions, New York, NY
Selected Documentaries
Making Black America: Through the Grapevine
Henry Louis Gates/PBS 2022
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Radicalism in 1950’s America
Frosso Tsouka, Kastigari Films, New York, NY
Selected Publications
Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Mid-Century New York
Deborah Dash Moore, to be published by Cornell University Press in 2023
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Art of the State, Celebrating the Visual Art of NC
Liza Roberts, UNC Press, November 2022
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Still Capturing Our Attention
Southpark Magazine, May 2022
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Wasn’t That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America
November 2018, Cover Image
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Ronnie Gilbert: A Radical Life in Song
October 2015
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Bearing Witness: New York Photo League and Sonia Handelman Meyer
February, 2014
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Inspired, Beyond the Wall of The Mint Museum
Winter/Spring 2016
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The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951
December, 2011
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Into the Light, Sonia Handelman Meyer: The Photo League Years, ebook publication by Boson Books, an imprint of C&M Online Media, Inc.
2009
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Charlotte Woman Magazine, The Photographic Genius of Sonia Handelman Meyer
May, 2008
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finity, publication by David Vestal
2008
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Into The Light, Sonia Handelman Meyer: The Photo League Years, Hodges Taylor Gallery exhibition catalogue, essay by Lili Corbus Geer, PhD.
September, 2007
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Charlotte Observer
September 9, 2007
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OVO Magazine, Vol. 10, Number 40/41
1981
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New York Times
March 7, 1982
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Books For Everyone, NY Public Library Report
1948 – 1949
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Lifting The Barriers, Sydenham Institution Fellowship Publication
1948
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New York Times
December 15, 1948
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US Camera
April, 1947
Special Events
2014
Served on panel discussion about the Photo League, Mint Museum of Charlotte, NC
2013
Served on panel discussion about the Photo League with other former Photo League members, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, 2013
2012
Served on panel discussion about the Photo League with other former Photo League members, Columbus, OH.
2011
Filmed and interviewed by Mason Klein, curator, The Jewish Museum, and Catherine Evans, curator, Columbus Museum, for The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951, a traveling exhibition, book and video program at The Jewish Museum.
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Gallery Talk, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2010
Served on A Conversation with Members of the Photo League panel with other former Photo League members, AIPAD educational program, NY
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Honored Guest at AIPAD Conference, New York, NY
2009
Photographed by Jerry Siegel for his project focused on artists living in the southern US
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Gallery Talk, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
2007
Gallery Talk, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
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Filmed and interviewed by Atlanta-based filmmaker for a future profile of the artist
1940s
Shot the first publicity stills for the folk singing group, The Weavers, circa late 1940’s. These photographs were used on record albums and publications and continue to be used today.