Thomas Weir

(Born: 1935) Photographer Thomas Weir is known for his landscapes, figure studies of nude women set in nature and photographs of rock bands. Born in Sioux City, Iowa in 1935, Weir grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, where he attended local schools. He became interested in photography around the age of twelve, working with his mother’s box camera. After graduating from high school he studied engineering at Iowa State University but did not graduate. Weir enlisted in the Army in 1957, serving for two years in Berlin. After his discharge he returned to Des Moines, where he worked at a variety of jobs and learned more about photographic printing and pictorial photography.