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Naked City Weegee

Naked City By Weegee

Naked City by Weegee


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Naked City Summary

Naked City by Weegee

}Weegee was among the first to fully realize the cameras unique power to capture split-second drama and exaggerated emotion. But his profound influence on other photographers, most famously on Diane Arbus, derives not only from his sensational subject matter and his use of the blinding, close-up flash, but also from his eagerness to photograph the city at all hours, at all levels: coffee shops at three in the morning, hot summer evenings in the tenements, debutante balls, parties in the street, lovers on park benches, the destitute and the lonely. No other photographer has better revealed the non-stop spectacle of life in New York City.Weegees first book, Naked City (1945), was a runaway success and made him a celebrity who suddenly had assignments from Life and Vogue. By the publication of his second book, Weegees People (1946), he had cut the wires to his police radio and had begun to photograph the furred and bejeweled grandes dames at the Metropolitan Opera as well as his beloved street people. Naked Hollywood (1953) and Weegee by Weegee (1961) feature portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khruschev, and Liberacemany of them viewed through the distorted lens of his Weegee-scope.Regarded as some of the most powerful images of twentieth-century photography, Weegees work now resides in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. }

Table of Contents

A Book is Born (Introduction by Weegee); Sunday Morning in Manhattan; The Curious Ones; Fires; Murders; Sudden Death; The Best People Go to Heaven; The Escapists; Frankie; The Opera; The Bowery; Pie Wagon; Coney Island; Harlem; Psychic Photography; Signs of the Times; Odds and Ends; Personalities; Camera Tips.

Additional information

GOR005859852
9780306802416
0306802414
Naked City by Weegee
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hachette Books
1985-03-21
244
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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