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| Weegee snippet |
| Most of Weegee's notable photographs were taken with very basic press photographer equipment and methods of the era, a 4x5 Speed Graphic
camera preset at f/16, @ 1/200 of a second with flashbulbs and a set focal length of ten feet. |
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| Weegee |
| Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig (June 12, 1899 - December 26, 1968), an American photographer and photojournalist, known for his
stark black and white street photography. |
| Fellig's nickname was a phonetic rendering of Ouija, due to his frequent arrival at scenes only minutes after crimes, fires or other
emergencies were reported to authorities. He is variously said to have named himself Weegee, or to have been named by either the girls at Acme
or by a police officer. |
| He is best known as a candid news photographer whose stark black-and-white shots documented street life in New York City. Weegee's
photos of crime scenes, car-wreck victims in pools of their own blood, overcrowded urban beaches and various grotesques are still shocking. |
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