Chick Strand

Mildred "Chick" Strand (December 3, 1931 – July 11, 2009) was an experimental filmmaker, photographer, and painter. Born Mildred D. Totman in Northern California she was given the nickname "Chick" by her father. She married her first husband, Paul Anderson Strand, in 1957, and they had one son, film editor Eric Strand. Strand met her second husband, artist Neon Park, in Berkeley in the early 1960's. They were collaborators in art and life for over 30 years, dividing their time between Los Angeles and San Miguel de Allende, a small town in Mexico.