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Weegee - Murder is My Business (Hardcover) Loot Price: R933
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Weegee - Murder is My Business (Hardcover): Brian Wallis

Weegee - Murder is My Business (Hardcover)

Brian Wallis; Contributions by Richard Meyer, Eddy Portnoy, Carol Squiers, Alan Trachtenberg

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Drawn from the International Center of Photography's archives, this book highlights the incomparable style and fascinating career of Weegee, one of New York City's quintessential press photographers. 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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Imprint: Prestel Publishing Ltd
Country of origin: Germany
Release date: September 2013
First published: October 2013
Authors: Brian Wallis
Contributors: Richard Meyer • Eddy Portnoy • Carol Squiers • Alan Trachtenberg
Dimensions: 281 x 219 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-3-7913-5313-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers
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LSN: 3-7913-5313-6
Barcode: 9783791353135

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