Naked City

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A WALK ON THE WILb SltJE OF NEW YORK 1
; with the foundinip father of |ritty, urban phot^purns^iso^
4 Weegee (1900-i968) is widely acknowledged to be both the originator^; and reigning king of candid photojournalism, ushering in the age of tabloid ^^ culture while djmuitaneously elevating the sordid side of human life to the status of high art. For Naked City, his first collection, Weegee cruised the?^^^ teeming streets of 1940s New York In the wee hours in search of the sen- f^ V sational. His photographs were lewd, louche, and licentious, but aJway^^^ brimming with life (except when they were brimming with death). ^^ ^ Weegee's profound Influence on other photographers over the last ; half-century derives not only fronrr tils sensational subject matter and his ^^ . use of the blinding, close-up flash, but also from his eagerness to photo^^ i graph the city at all hours,,at all levels. Snapping lovers on the beach at;^ i 3:00 in the morning, transgender prostitutes In... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A WALK ON THE WILb SltJE OF NEW YORK 1
; with the foundinip father of |ritty, urban phot^purns^iso^
4 Weegee (1900-i968) is widely acknowledged to be both the originator^; and reigning king of candid photojournalism, ushering in the age of tabloid ^^ culture while djmuitaneously elevating the sordid side of human life to the status of high art. For Naked City, his first collection, Weegee cruised the?^^^ teeming streets of 1940s New York In the wee hours in search of the sen- f^ V sational. His photographs were lewd, louche, and licentious, but aJway^^^ brimming with life (except when they were brimming with death). ^^ ^ Weegee's profound Influence on other photographers over the last ; half-century derives not only fronrr tils sensational subject matter and his ^^ . use of the blinding, close-up flash, but also from his eagerness to photo^^ i graph the city at all hours,,at all levels. Snapping lovers on the beach at;^ i 3:00 in the morning, transgender prostitutes In police buggies, bqeweled M society ladies at balls, the desperately jx)or-no one knew New York like J t Weegee did. Naked City showcases his talent his love of the city,^nd his; ^
taste for the absurd anc^e unbelievable, in a book that will always standi : as a classic introduction to the secret life of New York. 1 i i

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"The disasters and spectacles [Weegee] photographed . lay bai^ facts of tenror and mortality t^at underlie IV-Village Vuice i ^^ X ^
Arthur Fellig (1899-1968), better known as Weegee, was an Austrian Imrril^ ^ grant who worked as a freelance news photographer in New York City. I Beginning his career on thé police beat, where he specialized in crime and catastrophe, he roanfied the city during the 1930s and 1940s in search of the "Page One" photo. His work now resides in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art ^

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