Arlene Alda
| Arlene Alda | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Arlene Weiss March 12, 1933 The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Evander Childs High School |
| Alma mater | Hunter College |
| Occupation | Photographer, writer |
| Years active | 1963-present |
| Spouse(s) | Alan Alda (m. 1957) |
| Children |
Eve Alda Elizabeth Alda Beatrice Alda |
| Website | http://www.arlenealda.com |
Arlene Alda (née Weiss; born March 12, 1933) is an American photographer and writer.
Alda was born Arlene Weiss in the Bronx, New York City to Jewish parents. She attended Evander Childs High School and Hunter College, graduating in January 1954 as a music major, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude. Weiss was a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Cologne, Germany, where she studied clarinet at the 'Kölnische Hochschule für Musik'. On her return to New York, she became a member of the National Orchestra, a training orchestra, conducted by Leon Barzin. She studied clarinet with Abraham Goldstein and Leon Russianoff, becoming a member of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, playing assistant first clarinet and bass clarinet under the baton of Leopold Stokowski.
Weiss played first clarinet in the Ridgefield Orchestra conducted by Beatrice Brown. She pursued an early interest in photography by studying with Mort Shapiro and Lou Bernstein, ultimately changing careers and becoming a photographer and writer. As a photographer, Alda had several major one person shows, including those in Nikon House in New York City and the Mark Humphrey Gallery in Southampton, NY. As a freelance photographer, her photographs have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Vogue, People Magazine, Life Magazine, and Today's Health Magazine, for which she received a Chicago Graphics Communications Award for her photo essay, "Allison's Tonsillectomy".
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