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Weegee (1899-1968)

Aliases: Arthur Fellig; Arthur H. Fellig; Usher H. Fellig; Arthur Felling Weegee

Professions: Photographer

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    WEEGEE (1899-1968)/SID KAPLAN (B. 1938)

    WEEGEE (1899-1968)/SID KAPLAN (B. 1938)

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    WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG)

    WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG)

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    WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG)

    WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG)

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    The Critic (Mrs. Leonora Warner & her mother, Mrs. George Washington Cavanaugh attending opening night at the Metropolitan Opera), 1943

    The Critic (Mrs. Leonora Warner & her mother, Mrs. George Washington Cavanaugh attending opening night at the Metropolitan Opera), 1943

Weegee Biography

(b Zloczew, Austria [now Poland], 12 June 1899; d New York, 26 Dec 1968). American photographer of Austrian birth. He emigrated to the USA in 1910 and took numerous odd jobs, including working as an itinerant photographer and as an assistant to a commercial photographer. In 1924 he was hired as a dark-room technician by Acme Newspictures (later United Press International Photos). He left, however, in 1935 to become a freelance photographer. He worked at night and competed with the police to be first at the scene of a crime, selling his photographs to tabloids and photographic agencies. It was at this time that he earned the name Weegee (appropriated from the Ouija board) for his uncanny ability to make such early appearances at scenes of violence and catastrophe.

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