Weifenbach was born in New York City and raised in Washington, D.C.[5] She graduated from the
University of Maryland, College Park in 1978.[6] Since then she has lived in New Mexico, California and again in Washington, D.C.,[5] and now lives in Paris.[7]
Weifenbach photographs plants and animals and "uses the richness of gardens and parks as the site for her landscape images".[6] Bookmaking is central to her artistic practice.[5] Parr and Badger include In Your Dreams (1997) in the second volume of The Photobook: A History.[8]
She worked as a photographic printer from 1983 to 2006.[9] She was married to
John Gossage for 14 years, from 1992.[9][10]
Publications
Books by Weifenbach
In Your Dreams. Tucson:
Nazraeli, 1997. With an essay by
Robert Adams. Edition of 250 copies. A monograph.
Second edition. Tucson: Nazraeli, 1998. Edition of 1000 copies.
Third edition. Tucson: Nazraeli, 2000.
Instruction Manual No. 1. Tucson: Nazraeli, 2000.
Hunter Green. Tucson: Nazraeli, 2000. With an essay by Yayako Uchida. A monograph.
Instruction Manual No. 2. Portland: One Picture Book #3. Nazraeli, 2001.
Instruction Manual No. 3. Portland: One Picture Book #4. Nazraeli, 2001.
Lana. Portland: Nazraeli, 2002.
Politics of Flowers. Onestar, 2005.
Another Summer. Thunderstorm, 2009.
Some Insects. One Picture Book #67. Portland: Nazraeli, 2010.
17 Days. Super Labo, 2012.
Between Maple and Chestnut. Portland: Nazraeli, 2012.
Stilll. Super Labo, 2013.
Centers of Gravity. Onestar, 2017. With text by
Matthew Dickman. A book with 10 prints.
Des oiseaux = On birds. Paris: Xavier Barral, 2019. One in a series, each of which is called Des oiseaux. With an essay by Guilhem Lesaffre.
Cloud Physics. Paris: EXB / Ice Plant, 2021. English and French editions.
Books with others
Snake Eyes. With
John Gossage. Berlin/Washington D.C.: Loosestrife, 2002. With an essay by Gossage. Edition of 500 copies.
Hidden Sites. Nooderlicht, 2005. With Machiel Botman, Andreas Gefeller, and Marco Wiegers.