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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 beautifully produced volume shows, they were also brimming with humanity. Designed as a series of “dossiers,” this book follows Weegee’s transformation from a freelancer to a photo-detective. It explores his relationship with the tabloid press and gangster culture and reveals his intimate knowledge of New York’s darkest corners. It provides readers with a rich historical experience – a New York City “noir” shot through the lens of one of its most iconoclastic figures.

photographers --- journalism --- journalistic photography --- photography [process] --- black-and-white photographs --- fotojournalistiek --- Fellig, Arthur --- Photographers --- Wallis, Brian --- fotografie --- Verenigde Staten --- Weegee --- persfotografie --- reportagefotografie --- twintigste eeuw --- stadsfotografie --- misdaadfotografie --- New York --- Fellig Arthur --- 77.071 WEEGEE --- Exhibitions --- zwart-wit fotografie --- 77.092.07 --- Weegee (pseudoniem van Arthur Fellig) 1899-1968 (°Lemburg, nu Oekraïne) --- Misdaadfotografie --- Persfotografie --- Fotojournalisme --- Fotografen A - Z --- Fotojournalistiek ; misdaad --- zwart-witfotografie