Weegee Photography Roof

See weegee s world november 2 1987 march 8 1998.

Weegee photography roof. A trove of lost new york city crime scene photos taken by legendary photographer weegee have been unearthed after 82 years. Weegee photojournalist noted for his gritty yet compassionate images of the aftermath of new york street crimes and disasters. His professional name was weegee spelled phonetically after the popular fortune telling game ouija board to which his supposed sixth sense for crime was compared. Weegee worked in manhattan s lower east side as a press photographer during the 1930s and 1940s and developed his signature style by following the city s emergency services and documenting.

Arthur usher fellig june 12 1899 december 26 1968 known by his pseudonym weegee was a photographer and photojournalist known for his stark black and white street photography in new york city. Works from the international center of photography collection new york. Weegee was a legendary news photographer whose stock and trade were candid shots of people in the streets in bars and at crime scenes. Reflections in a glass eye.

Weegee s father bernard fellig immigrated to the united states in 1906 and was followed four years later by his wife and four children including usher the second born. Seventy three prints were stashed in a kitchen cupboard and.