Weegee

By Weegee

Subjects: Biography, Exhibitions, Legal photography, Pictorial works, Photographers, Weegee, 1899-1968, Photographie de presse, Photography, Artistic, Artistic Photography, Photojournalism, News photographers, Photojournalists

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.