Back in the 1970s, David Young bought a box of 73 vintage news photographs at a Philadelphia second-hand store. This year, he pulled them out of the kitchen cabinet of his Seattle home, where they ...
NEW YORK – A new book of photos by legendary photographer Weegee shows what industrialized, pre-gentrified New York looked like in the mid-20th century, before the city was crammed with towers and ...
The International Center of Photography (ICP) holds more than 20,000 images by the legendary New York City press photographer, Weegee. Weegee, whose real name was Arthur Felig, was a New York City ...
He managed to get within just a couple of feet from other audience members thanks to the development of infrared photography during WWII. Weegee said: “I guess all photographers want to be invisible.
A new book of photos by legendary photographer Weegee shows what industrialized, pre-gentrified New York looked like in the mid-20th century, before the city was crammed with towers and billboards.
The Aug. 10, 1945 photo "Celebration in the Garment District on Japanese offer to surrender" by Weegee and the same vantage point on March 18.AP The 1953 photo "Showing Tonite" of a theater marquis on ...
Hollywood hit Nightcrawler transformed the tales of the real-life press photographer, known as ‘Weegee’, into an award winning US blockbuster that grossed more than $50million (£40million) at the box ...
More than a decade ago, William Klein claimed that there are two kinds of photographers: “Jewish and goyish.” He said that if you look at modern photography, you find, “on the one hand, the Weegees, ...
It’s hard to imagine New York City without the tourists bustling through Times Square or the skyline increasing in height every time you look up, but it wasn’t always like this. Cast your imagination ...
It’s easy to feel conflicted about "Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous" by Christopher Bonanos (Henry Holt, 319 pp., ★★★ out of four). It’s a biography that stirs up so many feelings: curiosity, ...
NEW YORK | A new book of photos by legendary photographer Weegee shows what industrialized, pre-gentrified New York looked like in the mid-20th century, before the city was crammed with towers and ...