Weegee
WEEGEE
Transvestite in Paddy Wagon
ca. 1950, silver print, ca. 1950s
13 1/2 X 10 9/16, "Credit Photo by Weegee the Famous" stamp on print verso.
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WEEGEE
Crowd At Scene Of Accident
1940s, vintage silver print
13 x 10.
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WEEGEE
Cop and Woman
ca. 1940s, silver print, ca. 1940s
10 1/4 x 13, "Credit Photo by Weegee the Famous" stamp, "Weegee, 451West 47th Street, New York City, USA, TEL: 265-1955" stamp on print verso.
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WEEGEE
"Fireman"
1939, vintage silver print
12 3/4 x 10 1/2.
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WEEGEE
The Human Cop
ca. 1950s, silver print, ca. 1950s
10 3/8 x 13 9/16, "Credit Photo by Weegee the Famous" stamp, "Arthur Felig, 5 Center Market Place, New York City" stamp on print verso.
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WEEGEE
"Bowery Follies"
ca. 1945, silver print, ca. 1940s
8 x 10 1/2,
Notations in ink and in pencil, credit stamp and Arthur Feling stamp on
verso.
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WEEGEE
Fire Victim
ca. 1950s, silver print, ca. 1950s
10 1/2 x 13 7/16, "Weegee, 451West 47th Street, New York City, USA, TEL: 265-1955" stamp, "Please Credit Weegee from Photo-Representatives" stamp on print verso.
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Weegee (Arthur Fellig), American (Born Poland), 1899-1968
Weegee, who was born in Poland in 1899, immigrated to New York City in 1909,
where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. At the age of fourteen,
he left school to support his family by working at a number of
odd jobs. As a young boy he became interested in photography and worked
as a street photographer for several years, later joining Acme Newspaper
as a darkroom technician. This job developing film is what
led Weegee to becoming a news photographer. In the 1930's he obtained his first Speed Graphic, a
4 x 5 black and white, hand-held camera with a number five flashbulb, which
he used for the rest of his career. As a freelance photographer,
he set up a post at the Manhattan Police Headquarters and used an
officially authorized police radio in his car to arrive at news-making
scenes or catastrophes before his competitors. Weegee contributed to
several newspapers and magazines, including P.M., Vogue, Holiday,
Life, Look, and Fortune. He also created three short films and was the subject of two;
Lou Stoumen's "The Naked Eye", named after one of Weegee's books, made the
photographer a celebrity..
Weegee was the epitome of a brash, cigar-chewing, wisecracking news
photographer. With his stark, graphic style, he specialized in documenting,
the dark side of New York City life: the violence, crime, murder,robbery,
and fires that occurred in the city each day. However, Weegee also
photographed more benign scenes of children playing, celebrities and their
fans, and everyday life of New York City inhabitants. His spontaneous,
witty, and meaningful work went beyond that of a news
photographer. He once said that he wished to show that ten and a half
million people lived together in a state of total loneliness. For more
information on Weegee see Weegee's World with text by Miles Barth.
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