Weegee: New York in the 40s


	Weegee: New York in the 40s
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/243e8017-40fa-4d3a-8bd8-010be2d06399/21F8D7BD-F6F8-492B-9850-0882A9AABDB2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/9/" href="http://doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/9/" style="font-size: 11px;">doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/9/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/img/8D1C75BC-ABEA-4F94-B2D8-6578FE8416BB" alt="weegee3.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/9/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/img/2F1D3FEA-3720-40CD-A564-30B1827BA59C" alt="weegee1.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/9/"><P><FONT size="1" face="verdana" color="#000000">Interesting photography from a great photographer named Arthur Fellig (1899-1968). Arthur Fellig, otherwise known as <A target="_blank" href="http://www.amber-online.com/gallery/exhibition46/index.html">Weegee</A>, contributed images of murder, mayhem, and drama to New York’s press through the 1930’s and 40’s. Weegee derived his name from the phonetic spelling of Ouija, claiming that psychic powers enabled him to be the first at crime scenes, fires, etc.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/9/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/doyouspeakeasy.wordpress.com/img/53FD78F7-AD85-4528-AA85-85C8F19E629F" alt="corpse.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/weegee.html" href="http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/weegee.html" style="font-size: 11px;">museum.icp.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/weegee.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/museum.icp.org/img/A713BE72-CE62-4F99-AA6F-8CF7F7293C67" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/weegee.html"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><STRONG>"He will
        take his camera and ride off in search of new evidence
        that his city, even in her most drunken and disorderly
        and pathetic moments, is beautiful." </STRONG></FONT><P align="right"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">- William McCleery in <EM>Naked
        City</EM></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/photoessay/weegee/" href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/photoessay/weegee/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cbc.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/photoessay/weegee/"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><IMG width="360" height="297" alt="At an East Side Murder (1943). All photos courtesy the International Center of Photography." src="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/images/photoessay/weegee/weegee1.jpg" />
At an East Side Murder (1943). All photos courtesy the International Center of Photography.
</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://fenian.stumbleupon.com/archive/770/" href="http://fenian.stumbleupon.com/archive/770/" style="font-size: 11px;">fenian.stumbleupon.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fenian.stumbleupon.com/archive/770/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fenian.stumbleupon.com/img/62D137FC-C3E6-4ECE-A17B-E54DD0FBD3D9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/weegee-collection/exhibits/crowd-at-coney-island-1940" href="http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/weegee-collection/exhibits/crowd-at-coney-island-1940" style="font-size: 11px;">www.amber-online.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/weegee-collection/exhibits/crowd-at-coney-island-1940"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.amber-online.com/img/737F82EA-C2AD-48B5-B383-6D4D7BEB65DF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/weegee-collection/exhibits/crowd-at-coney-island-1940">Crowd at Coney Island, 1940.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.tfaoi.com/am/15am/15am79.jpg" href="http://www.tfaoi.com/am/15am/15am79.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.tfaoi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tfaoi.com/am/15am/15am79.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tfaoi.com/img/5D720DB3-4042-4468-8B34-32323C1A6D3F" alt="http://www.tfaoi.com/am/15am/15am79.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.edwardmitterrand.com/artists/Slow%20Burn/pages/Weege/1.html" href="http://www.edwardmitterrand.com/artists/Slow%20Burn/pages/Weege/1.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.edwardmitterrand.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edwardmitterrand.com/artists/Slow%20Burn/pages/Weege/1.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edwardmitterrand.com/img/28964153-2D20-4871-960F-D378260E8B35" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edwardmitterrand.com/artists/Slow%20Burn/pages/Weege/1.html"><I>Drunk Tank La</I>, 1950</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ecrans.fr/Zoom-Weegee-le-photographe-noir.html" href="http://www.ecrans.fr/Zoom-Weegee-le-photographe-noir.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ecrans.fr</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ecrans.fr/Zoom-Weegee-le-photographe-noir.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ecrans.fr/img/F272C563-E439-4A3E-BBAF-5E6AA3680B2A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ecrans.fr/Zoom-Weegee-le-photographe-noir.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ecrans.fr/img/7FCFB7AA-B0F1-429C-AB9A-4B4154884B1E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://pubpages.unh.edu/~nicks/tips.htm" href="http://pubpages.unh.edu/~nicks/tips.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">pubpages.unh.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pubpages.unh.edu/~nicks/tips.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/pubpages.unh.edu/img/81C4275B-E882-47A8-B87B-1D4ED0D02B7E" alt="Weegee, The Critic, November 22, 1943
First published in LIFE, December 6, 1943" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/21F8D7BD-F6F8-492B-9850-0882A9AABDB2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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