Weegee

Description:

Drawn from the International Center of Photography's archives, this book highlights the fascinating career of Weegee, one of New York's quintessential press photographers. For a decade between 1935 and 1946, Weegee made a name for himself snapping crime scenes, victims and perpetrators. Armed with a Speed Graphic camera and a police-band radio, Weegee often beat the cops to the story, determined to sell his pictures to the sensation-hungry tabloids. His stark black-and-white photos were often lurid and unsettling. Yet, as this book shows, they were also brimming with humanity.

subjects: Photojournalism,  News photographers,  Biography,  Photojournalists,  Artistic Photography,  Photography, Artistic,  Pictorial works,  Weegee, 1899-1968,  Legal photography,  Exhibitions,  Photographie de presse,  Photographers,  Documentary photography,  Social conditions,  International Center of Photography

People: Weegee (1899-1968)

Places: New York (N.Y.),  United States