
Weegee
Murder is My Business
Brian Wallis(Author)
Prestel (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. August 2013
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-3-7913-5313-5 (ISBN)
Description
For a decade between 1935 and 1946, Weegee made a name for himself snapping crime scenes, victims and perpetrators. Armed with a Speed Graphic camera and a police-band radio, Weegee often beat the cops to the story, determined to sell his pictures to the sensation-hungry tabloids. His stark black-and-white photos were often lurid and unsettling. Yet, as this beautifully produced volume shows, they were also brimming with humanity. Designed as a series of "dossiers," this book follows Weegee's transformation from a freelancer to a photo-detective. It explores his relationship with the tabloid press and gangster culture and reveals his intimate knowledge of New York's darkest corners. It provides readers with a rich historical experience - a New York City "noir" shot through the lens of one of its most iconoclastic figures.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 281 mm
Width: 219 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1520 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-5313-5 (9783791353135)
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BRIAN WALLIS is Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Collections and Chief Curator at the International Center of Photography in New York City. Formerly a curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City, and Senior Editor at Art in America, he is the author of numerous publications on art, art history and photography.