In Focus: Weegee: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

by Judith Keller

Stalking the streets of New York City at night alongside police detectives and barflies, the tough-talking, fedora-wearing, cigar-smoking photographer who called himself Weegee was ready at a moment's notice with his Speed Graphic to respond to the police radio. From the mid-1930s to 1950s he captured hundreds of pictures of accidents, murders, arrests, fires, and natural disasters, producing works that are both empathetic and sensational. This volume...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892368101
• ISBN13: 9780892368105
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 7.8"