Dan Weiner (1919-1959) was another photographer in the FORTUNE orbit who dedicated his camerawork to the redressing of social ills. He had studied painting at the Art Students League before switching to commercial photography. He was drafted into the Air Force and worked as a photographic instructor. After the war he chose Photojournalism, exploiting to the full the flexibility of the 35mm camera. In an introduction to an exhibition at the Robert Mann Gallery, he is quoted as follows, "my generation is probably the first in history to become conscious of the great forces that are at work in our society through the visual media — the magazine, the newsreel, television — rather than the written word." He died on location in a flying accident.

“With monotonous regularity, certain fashionable names in photography appear in museum shows without, I feel, due consideration to the real value of their work. The emphasis in the contemporary scene is on the magazine photographer, who thru [sic] his connection with a mass medium of communication and limitless possibilities photographically, should be making important contributions.… In the final analysis those photographs that find their way to the museum walls should represent not the momentary shock values necessary to catch the eye in publications, but the enduring qualities inherent in a work of deep conception, honesty, and visual acumen.”
—Dan Weiner, “50 Photographs by 50 Photographers,” Photo Notes, Fall 1948