Dolores Neuman, 66; Photographer, Advocate
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Dolores Neuman, 66; Photographer, Advocate
Dolores Neuman, 66, a freelance still photographer and independent-
film promoter who worked extensively for public interest and advocacy
groups, died June 5 [2008] at the Washington Home hospice. She had
kidney cancer.
For much of her career, Mrs. Neuman used her camera to document mass
demonstrations, news conferences, congressional hearings, meetings
and
conventions for organizations focused on women's rights, world peace
and the environment. Many of her images were published in mainstream
newspapers.
She also was known for promoting the work of independent filmmakers
--
documentarians and feature-film directors not affiliated with major
studios.
She provided black-and-white still photography for "Northern
Lights" (1978), an acclaimed independent feature film about North
Dakota farmers in the early 20th century. Her still camerawork also
was central to Rob Epstein's documentary "The Times of Harvey
Milk" (1984), about the slain gay San Francisco supervisor.
Mrs. Neuman, who was living in San Francisco [Califonria] when Milk
was killed in 1978, also spent many years working on publicity for
independent-theater owners and distributors nationwide. In 1981, she
was one of the "founding mothers" of the Jewish Film Festival.
Her second husband founded Covert Action Quarterly, a magazine
critical of the U.S. intelligence community, and she was its
photographic consultant for decades.
Dolores Sylvia Gaizband was a native Washingtonian [DC] and a
graduate
of Coolidge High School. She won many local swimming contests and at
14 narrowly missed winning the U.S. Olympic team trials in the 100-
meter butterfly swimming event.
She was a 1963 graduate of the University of Maryland, where she also
did graduate work in history. She studied photography at the Corcoran
College of Art and Design.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, she taught elementary school in
Washington [DC] and suburban Maryland. During this time, she helped
develop an alternative elementary school that focused on non-rote
learning and a tutorial reading program for inner-city youth.
Her other early work in Washington [DC] included helping start one of
the city's first women's health clinics as well as administrating
drug
education and rehabilitation programs.
Her marriage to Alan Neuman ended in divorce.
Survivors include her husband of 26 years, Louis Wolf of Washington
[DC]; a daughter from her second marriage, Emma Wolf of Bethesda
[Maryland]; and a sister, Marilyn Gaizband of Annandale [Virginia].
Dolores Neuman, 66, a freelance still photographer and independent-
film promoter who worked extensively for public interest and advocacy
groups, died June 5 [2008] at the Washington Home hospice. She had
kidney cancer.
For much of her career, Mrs. Neuman used her camera to document mass
demonstrations, news conferences, congressional hearings, meetings
and
conventions for organizations focused on women's rights, world peace
and the environment. Many of her images were published in mainstream
newspapers.
She also was known for promoting the work of independent filmmakers
--
documentarians and feature-film directors not affiliated with major
studios.
She provided black-and-white still photography for "Northern
Lights" (1978), an acclaimed independent feature film about North
Dakota farmers in the early 20th century. Her still camerawork also
was central to Rob Epstein's documentary "The Times of Harvey
Milk" (1984), about the slain gay San Francisco supervisor.
Mrs. Neuman, who was living in San Francisco [Califonria] when Milk
was killed in 1978, also spent many years working on publicity for
independent-theater owners and distributors nationwide. In 1981, she
was one of the "founding mothers" of the Jewish Film Festival.
Her second husband founded Covert Action Quarterly, a magazine
critical of the U.S. intelligence community, and she was its
photographic consultant for decades.
Dolores Sylvia Gaizband was a native Washingtonian [DC] and a
graduate
of Coolidge High School. She won many local swimming contests and at
14 narrowly missed winning the U.S. Olympic team trials in the 100-
meter butterfly swimming event.
She was a 1963 graduate of the University of Maryland, where she also
did graduate work in history. She studied photography at the Corcoran
College of Art and Design.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, she taught elementary school in
Washington [DC] and suburban Maryland. During this time, she helped
develop an alternative elementary school that focused on non-rote
learning and a tutorial reading program for inner-city youth.
Her other early work in Washington [DC] included helping start one of
the city's first women's health clinics as well as administrating
drug
education and rehabilitation programs.
Her marriage to Alan Neuman ended in divorce.
Survivors include her husband of 26 years, Louis Wolf of Washington
[DC]; a daughter from her second marriage, Emma Wolf of Bethesda
[Maryland]; and a sister, Marilyn Gaizband of Annandale [Virginia].
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