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No photographer has managed to capture the excitement, scandals, and disasters of 1930s and 1940s New York quite like Weegee (1899–1968). His striking images—captured thanks to his uncanny ability to be on the scene and ready to shoot when things happened—are now part of the visual vocabulary through which we understand that era. This book, however, offers something new: drawing on NEA archives that were only discovered in 2012, it presents countless previously unpublished photos by Weegee. We discover new perspectives on many of his familiar subjects—from the hardened cop to the loud-mouthed con man, from the midnight beer drinker to the dancing jazz musician, from the man on the street to the man on the street, to the dancing jazz musician; from a dramatic conflagration to the celebrations marking the end of World War II—but we also get a glimpse of an unknown side of Weegee through surprising photographs of happy people having fun. The works are complemented by a fascinating account of the rediscovery of the archives, which had been missing for decades.
Published by Hirmer Publishers, 2017
336 pages
ISBN: 978-3777428130
No photographer has managed to capture the excitement, scandals, and disasters of 1930s and 1940s New York quite like Weegee (1899–1968). His striking images—captured thanks to his uncanny ability to be on the scene and ready to shoot when things happened—are now part of the visual vocabulary through which we understand that era. This book, however, offers something new: drawing on NEA archives that were only discovered in 2012, it presents countless previously unpublished photos by Weegee. We discover new perspectives on many of his familiar subjects—from the hardened cop to the loud-mouthed con man, from the midnight beer drinker to the dancing jazz musician, from the man on the street to the man on the street, to the dancing jazz musician; from a dramatic conflagration to the celebrations marking the end of World War II—but we also get a glimpse of an unknown side of Weegee through surprising photographs of happy people having fun. The works are complemented by a fascinating account of the rediscovery of the archives, which had been missing for decades.
Published by Hirmer Publishers, 2017
336 pages
ISBN: 978-3777428130