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Weegee: Two Truths & a Lie

Saturday, October 08 - 10:00AM to 10:50AM
Caprice 2

Arthur Fellig (aka Weegee) was the archetypal news photographer of the twentieth century. From the mid– 1930s through the 1940s, his photographs offered gritty tales from the urban jungle to readers of the New York City tabloids: automobile crashes, gangland murders, after–hours nightclubs and so much more.


Weegee's camera captured the random misfortunes and diversions in a modern metropolis. Catching people unawares, at their most vulnerable or animated, his photographs reduced the gap between viewer and subject to the range of his flashgun. His greatest photographs have an unsettling beauty, forging an emotional connection between the viewer and the characters in his photographs. My talk examines Weegee's photography in detail, explores the urban milieu in which he lived and worked and features over one hundred of his images, many rarely seen, as well as related images that lend color and context to Weegee's world.

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Jason Tannen
Jason Tannen

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