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100 0 $aWeegee,$d1899-1968.
245 10 $aWeegee :$bmurder is my business /$cBrian Wallis
264 1 $aNew York :$bInternational Center of Photography ;$aMunich :$bDelMonico Books, Prestel,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2012
300 $a263 pages :$bchiefly illustrations (some color) ;$c28 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aFor an intense decade between 1935 and 1946, Weegee (1899-1968) was one of the most relentlessly inventive figures in American photography. His graphically dramatic and often lurid photographs of New York crimes and news events set the standard for what has become known as tabloid journalism. Freelancing for a variety of New York newspapers and photo agencies, and later working as a stringer for the short-lived liberal daily PM (1940-48), Weegee established a way of combining photographs and texts that was distinctly different from that promoted by other picture magazines, such as LIFE. Utilizing other distribution venues, Weegee also wrote extensively (including his autobiographical Naked City, published in 1945) and organized his own exhibitions at the Photo League. This exhibition draws upon the extensive Weegee Archive at ICP and includes environmental recreations of Weegee's apartment and exhibitions. The exhibition is organized by ICP Chief Curator Brian Wallis.
500 $aWeegee: Murder Is My Business is an exhibition that took place at the International Center of Photography, New York from May 18-Sep. 2, 2012.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 244-261).
520 8 $aDrawn from the International Center of Photography's archives, this book highlights the fascinating career of Weegee, one of New York'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 book shows, they were also brimming with humanity.
505 00 $tMurder is my business /$rWeegee --$tFree-lance cameraman /$rRosa Reilly --$tBecoming Weegee /$rBrian Wallis --$tPhoto-detective : Weegee and the art of self-invention --$tWeegee and the two-bit nobodies /$rEddy Portnoy --$tRead all about it! Weegee and the tabloid press --$t"And so the moving trigger finger writes" : dead gangsters and New York tabloids in the 1930s /$rCarol Squiers --$tDocumentary truth : Weegee and the photo league --$t"More murders" : Weegee, tabloid photography, and the scene of the crime /$rRichard Meyer --$tNaked city: Weegee and urban disorder --$tWeegee's city secrets /$rAlan Trachtenberg.
600 00 $aWeegee,$d1899-1968$vExhibitions$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aPhotojournalism$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vExhibitions$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aLegal photography$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vExhibitions.
651 0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xSocial conditions$vPictorial works.
610 20 $aInternational Center of Photography$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aDocumentary photography$zUnited States.
700 1 $aWallis, Brian,$d1953-
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1515/2013940239-d.html