Herb became the St. Louis Football Cardinals official photographer in
1960 when the team moved from Chicago to St. Louis and served the team
in that capacity until 1987, when the team moved to Arizona. During the
tenure of the Football Cardinals, he also served as an official
photographer for the NFL, including annual coverage of Super Bowls V to
XXVIII.
In addition to his pictures in the Washington University Magazine over
several decades, he contributed to the St. Louis Post Dispatch Sunday
Magazine, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and to national publications
including, Newsweek, Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, Picture Magazine,
(a prestigious photographic art periodical), and CASE Currents.
Two of the largest museums in St. Louis have acquired his photographic
work including four prints by the St. Louis Art Museum and other museums
around the country. M. Fredric Volkman, the vice chancellor for public
affairs at Washington University was quoted as saying, “Herb Weitman is
the dean of university photographers in America. Better than anyone
else, he epitomizes the importance of capturing the myriad aspects of
campus life on film and slides. His imprint on photography at hundreds
of campuses is unmatched and has set the standard for excellence in
collegiate photography across the nation”.
In addition to his many awards and accolades, Herb was honored for his
service to the Washington University School of Art; the photography
gallery at the school’s Lewis Center was named “The Weitman Gallery of
Photography” in September of 2008.
Herb’s collection of St. Louis Cardinals Football is iconic. His
documentation of Cardinals football set a benchmark for team photography
and his influence on young photographers will remain with them forever.
He passed away in 2016.
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