9/26/10

EYES IN THE NAKED CITY


Someone has to bring them back into the daylight: Weegee's pictures of criminals, jazz birds and lovers caught in the naked nights of New York City.
If there is a higher spirit out there giving a photographer the opportunity to catch a precise moment, Weegee must have been drinking prohibited whisky with this guy. He always knew when and where; always the first to arrive at a bloody murder scene, a fire, arrest or rescue event...

"When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track."

A tribute to Usher Fellig.


© pictures: Weegee

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