Weegee is a master of criminal photography

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

Categories: History | World

From 1938 to 1947, every evening after dark, this man took to the streets of Manhattan with a camera and a flashlight - he always had a cigar in the corner of his mouth. This guy is Asher Fellig, but his ability to arrive at the scene of a crime before the smartest cops brought him fame under a completely different name - Weegee. Weegee is an imitation of the sound of a police siren.

Weegee came to New York as a small boy from a Jewish town in Austria-Hungary (now the territory of Ukraine). As an adult, Fellig began working as a photojournalist, but preferred to follow his own impulses and be guided by his own motives, so he was essentially a freelancer. He took shots for the purchase of rights to which various publications fought.

Weegee was the first to use police radio listening. New York in the 1930s and 1940s was a violent, noisy, and obscene place, and Weegee showed all of those sides of the city.

(Total 13 photos)

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

1. "Who said that all people are equal?", July 1945

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

2. Portrait of Weegee, author unknown, 1946

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

3. "In fear", December 1939

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

4. Marking the End of the War, 1945

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

5. “Killed during an attempted robbery”, 1942

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

6. "Hitler gets hit in the neck", May 7, 1945

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

7. "Puppy of Victory", August 14, 1945

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

8. "The human factor", 1944

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

9. Portrait of Charles de Gaulle, July 18, 1959

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

10. "Assistant firefighters", 1943

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

11. Frozen Assets, 1940

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

12. "Under the protection of the police", 1944

Weegee is a master of criminal photography

13. Weegee, July 1945

Keywords: Crime | Manhattan | Photo chronicle

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