In one particular photo at the exhibition Weegee: Murder Is My Business (at the International Center for Photography through Sept. 2), one can see all that made the pioneering photojournalist an ...
The way our society and the media cover the dead and the dying — the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the body on a street after a firefight or violent demonstration — these are not ...
The career of photographer Weegee (born Arthur Fellig, 1899–1968) is often divided into two distinct phases, one gritty, the other glamorous. Celebrated for his sensationalist images of crime scenes, ...
Between 1935 and 1946, tabloid forerunner Weegee haunted the crime and fatality scenes of New York, capturing often disturbing images of the dead, of those gathered to watch, and of police attempts to ...
One of the most cherished romantic myths is that of the artist, neglected during his or her lifetime, who earns recognition posthumously. On first inspection you'd think the photographer Arthur Fellig ...
In the 1930s, Ukrainian émigré Arthur Felig (aka "Weegee" or “Weegee the Famous”) would stay up all night roaming the streets of New York in search of accidents and crimes to photograph. With an ...
“Weegee is an enigma,” writes the French curator Clément Chéroux in the catalogue that accompanies a touring exhibition of the photographer, which opens in New York this month. “He is known for his ...
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