Weegee - A Nightcrawler

THIS VIDEO: These days Weegee wouldn’t be considered to be just a hack journalist - most critics would consider him to be an artist of significance. His work has gained value, mainly because, over time his commercial motivated practice has been reassigned as art.. When one scratches a bit deeper the thinking is that perhaps the true artist was Diane Arbus and that her predecessor Weegee was more of an accidental artist. He did take a lot of very average to bad newspaper images, but when he got it right, his work took on iconic status. Many of his images are beautifully framed and sensitively conceived - He captured the bizarre and micarbe with spantanaety, producing imagery of extraordinary power. He was ruthless in his pursuit of getting his picture as well as molding his public persona. He has been called a voyeur , but he sometimes complained about the public’s thirst for gore and high drama.

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ABOUT ME: The conversations focus on topics related to different aspects of photography including: art, documentary and photojournalism. The discussions explore the personal experiences of photographers and artists and how their work reflects both their internal and external landscape. During the past 30 years I have photographed in over 50 countries for magazines including National Geographic, Time, New York Times and Newsweek. I have held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Paris and my work is showcased in private and institutional art collections around the world.

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