Weegee's World

by Weegee, Alain Bergala, Ellen Handy

Offers a collection of photographs chronicling the seamy underside of life in New York City from the 1930s to the 1960s

Genres: Photography, Art

262 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1997

About the author

Weegee was the pseudonym of Ascher (later anglicized to Usher) Fellig, who emigrated to the United States when he was ten and was renamed Arthur. He was an American photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography.

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quality photo reprints.
A helpful companion to Bonanos' 2018 bio, "Flash, The Making of Weegee the Famous."

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite photography books. I refer to it alot for sketching and painting...

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

The guy about whom the movie "The Naked City" was modeled. He knew how to party in black and white.