Tana Hoban

Tana Hoban was an American photographer and author renowned for her wordless picture books for children, using photographs to teach concepts like shapes, colors, numbers, and opposites. Born in Philadelphia to Russian immigrant parents, she studied at Moore College of Art, began her career in the 1940s with children's portraits and magazine covers, and published over 110 titles starting with 'Shapes and Things' in 1970. She lived in Paris for the last 20+ years of her life and received numerous awards, including a lifetime achievement from the American Society of Media Photographers in 1998.

Philadelphia, USA Feb 20, 1917 Wikipedia
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