Joanna Steichen

Steichen was born in New York City, grew up in the Hudson Valley, and is a graduate of Smith College and the Columbia University School of Social Work. She is Edward Steichen's widow and was his third wife. After brief careers in theater and advertising, she worked with Steichen on his 1961 retrospective exhibition at New York's MOMA and on his 1963 autobiography, A Life in Photography... She has lectured on Steichen's work and written essays for numerous exhibition catalogues. For the last...See more

Steichen was born in New York City, grew up in the Hudson Valley, and is a graduate of Smith College and the Columbia University School of Social Work. She is Edward Steichen's widow and was his third wife. After brief careers in theater and advertising, she worked with Steichen on his 1961 retrospective exhibition at New York's MOMA and on his 1963 autobiography, A Life in Photography... She has lectured on Steichen's work and written essays for numerous exhibition catalogues. For the last twenty-five years, she has had a private practice in Psychotherapy. She is on the facaulty of the Center for the Advancement of Group Studies (NYC). See less