Hopperesque

Hopperesque

Saturday 14 April 2012

Weegee


Weegee's apartment

            Arthur Felig, nicknamed Weegee, perfected the art of tabloid photography on the nightime streets of Thirties/Forties New York. He tuned into Police radio reports to be first on the scene and was fairly accurately portrayed by Joe Pesci on screen in the semi-fictionalised Public Eye.

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