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Weegee / by Kerry William Purcell.
Fine Arts Library TR647.W38 A4 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weegee, 1899-1968.
- Weegee.
- Photojournalists--United States--Biography.
- Photojournalists.
- Photojournalism.
- United States.
- Photojournalism--United States--Pictorial works.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 128 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Phaidon, 2004.
- Summary:
- - Weegee (1899-1968) was the supreme news photographer who captured car crashes, gangland murders and tenement infernos of 1930s and 1940s New York- Born Arthur Fellig, he borrowed his name from the ouija board to advertise his uncanny ability for turning up on the scene of the crime before the police- Revered for elevating the sordid side of human life to high art, he is also credited with ushering in the age of tabloid culture- His images both shock and entertain and together amount to an extraordinary portrait of the dark side of New York City
- ISBN:
- 0714842249
- OCLC:
- 57539805
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