What is Art Shay?
{{Infobox artist | name = Art Shay | image = Art Shay Photographer 2000.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|03|31|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|04|28|1922|03|31}} | death_place = [[Deerfield, Illinois|Deerfield]], [[Illinois]], U.S. |notable_works = ''Nelson Algren's Chicago'', ''Couples'', ''Animals'' | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | known_for = Photographer, Writer }} '''Art Shay''' (March 31, 1922 – April 28, 2018) was an American photographer and writer. He was born in [[The Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]], but spent most of his life in [[Chicago]]. Shay's 2000 autobiography is titled ''Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the 20th Century.'' In 2002, the American Theater Company in Chicago staged Shay's autobiographical play, ''Where Have You Gone, Jimmy Stewart?'', directed by [[Mike Nussbaum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atcweb.org/season-18 |title=Season 18 |publisher=American Theater Company |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202041954/http://www.atcweb.org/season-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shay died in April 2018 at the age of 96 in [[Deerfield, Illinois]] from [[heart failure]].<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-art-paul-art-shay-dies-chicago-0428-story.html Playboy illustrator Art Paul, 93, and photographer Art Shay, 96, have died — both giants of 20th century Chicago]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070315055256/http://photography.about.com/b/a/133581.htm Page] on Art Shay at ''[[About.com]]'' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022040/http://indianhillmediaworks.typepad.com/artshay/] Collection of links and reviews of Art Shay's work * Stephen Daiter Gallery, artist listing [https://web.archive.org/web/20061117221806/http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=7] work of Art Shay *