Weegee
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| Weegee's photos of [[crime scene]]s, [[car-wreck]] victims in pools of their own blood, overcrowded urban beaches and various [[grotesque]]s are still shocking, though some, like the juxtaposition of society ''grandes dames''[https://www.google.com/search?num=50&safe=off&q=glowering+street+woman+at+the+Metropolitan+Opera+weegee&tbm=isch&tbs=simg:CAQSVAkf6ox42UEZ3BpACxCwjKcIGi4KLAgBEgbaB9kH0QcaILhY93d3CKvX6wqNomxYZaPLtUBEwpNJqGBjZSBMc-vHDAsQjq7-CBoADCFw_1-84e54n6w&sa=X&ei=dFCLUsP_A-iw7Abm-YAw&ved=0CCcQ2A4oAQ&biw=1366&bih=666] in [[ermine]]s and [[tiara]]s and a [[glower]]ing street woman at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] (''[[The Critic]]'', 1943), turned out to have been [[staged photography|staged]]. | Weegee's photos of [[crime scene]]s, [[car-wreck]] victims in pools of their own blood, overcrowded urban beaches and various [[grotesque]]s are still shocking, though some, like the juxtaposition of society ''grandes dames''[https://www.google.com/search?num=50&safe=off&q=glowering+street+woman+at+the+Metropolitan+Opera+weegee&tbm=isch&tbs=simg:CAQSVAkf6ox42UEZ3BpACxCwjKcIGi4KLAgBEgbaB9kH0QcaILhY93d3CKvX6wqNomxYZaPLtUBEwpNJqGBjZSBMc-vHDAsQjq7-CBoADCFw_1-84e54n6w&sa=X&ei=dFCLUsP_A-iw7Abm-YAw&ved=0CCcQ2A4oAQ&biw=1366&bih=666] in [[ermine]]s and [[tiara]]s and a [[glower]]ing street woman at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] (''[[The Critic]]'', 1943), turned out to have been [[staged photography|staged]]. | ||
| - | His best-known work is ''[[Naked City]]'' (1945), his first book of photographs. Film producer [[Mark Hellinger]] bought the rights to the title from Weegee. In 1948, Weegee's aesthetic formed the foundation for Hellinger's film ''[[The Naked City]]''. It was based on a gritty 1948 story written by [[Malvin Wald]] about the investigation into a model's murder in New York. Wald was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for his screenplay, co-written with [[Joseph McCarthy|McCarthy]]-era [[blacklist]]ed screenwriter, [[Albert Maltz]]. Later the title was used again for a naturalistic [[Naked City (TV series)|television police drama series]], and in the 1980s, it was adopted by a band, [[Naked City (band)|Naked City]], led by the New York [[experimental music]]ian [[John Zorn]]. | + | His best-known work is ''[[Naked City]]'' (1945), his first book of photographs. |
| Weegee can be seen as the American counterpart to [[Brassaï]], who photographed Paris street scenes at night. Weegee's themes of nudists, circus performers, freaks and street people were later taken up and developed by [[Diane Arbus]] in the early 1960s. | Weegee can be seen as the American counterpart to [[Brassaï]], who photographed Paris street scenes at night. Weegee's themes of nudists, circus performers, freaks and street people were later taken up and developed by [[Diane Arbus]] in the early 1960s. | ||
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Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig (June 12, 1899 – December 26, 1968), a American photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography. Weegee worked in the Lower East Side of New York City as a press photographer during the 1930s and '40s, and he developed his signature style by following the city's emergency services and documenting their activity. Much of his work depicted unflinchingly realistic scenes of urban life, crime, injury and death.
Weegee's photos of crime scenes, car-wreck victims in pools of their own blood, overcrowded urban beaches and various grotesques are still shocking, though some, like the juxtaposition of society grandes dames[1] in ermines and tiaras and a glowering street woman at the Metropolitan Opera (The Critic, 1943), turned out to have been staged.
His best-known work is Naked City (1945), his first book of photographs.
Weegee can be seen as the American counterpart to Brassaï, who photographed Paris street scenes at night. Weegee's themes of nudists, circus performers, freaks and street people were later taken up and developed by Diane Arbus in the early 1960s.
