Weegee's People

by Weegee

Book Overview

Arthur Fellig (1899-1968), better known as Weegee, was an Austrian immigrant who worked as a freelance news photographer in New York City. Beginning his career on the police beat where he specialized in crime and catastrophe, Weegee roamed the city during the 1930s and '40s in search of the Page One photo: the image that would stop you at the newsstand.He was among the first to fully realize the camera's unique power to capture split-second drama...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306802422
• ISBN13: 9780306802423
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"