Weegee: Society of the Spectacle exhibition at the ICP

[Alex Benjamin]

Anybody seen it?

Weegee: Society of the Spectacle

The career of photographer Weegee (born Arthur Fellig, 1899-1968) is often divided into two distinct phases, one gritty, the other glamorous. Celebrated for his sensationalist ...

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Review in The Guardian:

Society of the Spectacle: the shock and prescience of Weegee’s photography

The photographer, whose work captured and critiqued our lurid interest in crime, remains grimly relevant

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[Sirius Glass]

I always enjoy looking at WeeGee's work.

 

[Photosandpotatoes]

Yeah! Taking my darkroom class here (ICP) actually. Exhibit is great. Definitely a lot of murder photos but it was cool to see his style evolve as well.