Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous

Bonanos, Christopher

ISBN 10: 1627793062 / ISBN 13: 9781627793063

Editore: Henry Holt & Company, 2018

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G1627793062I4N01

Riassunto:

<p><b>The first comprehensive biography of Weegee—photographer, “psychic,” ultimate New Yorker—from Christopher Bonanos, author of <i>Instant: The Story of Polaroid</i>.<br><br></b>Arthur Fellig’s ability to arrive at a crime scene just as the cops did was so uncanny that he renamed himself “Weegee,” claiming that he functioned as a human Ouija board. Weegee documented better than any other photographer the crime, grit, and complex humanity of midcentury New York City. In <i>Flash</i>, we get a portrait not only of the man (both flawed and deeply talented, with generous appetites for publicity, women, and hot pastrami) but also of the fascinating time and place that he occupied.<br><br>From self-taught immigrant kid to newshound to art-world darling to latter-day caricature—moving from the dangerous streets of New York City to the celebrity culture of Los Angeles and then to Europe for a quixotic late phase of experimental photography and filmmaking—Weegee lived a life just as worthy of documentation as the scenes he captured. With <i>Flash</i>, we have an unprecedented and ultimately moving view of the man now regarded as an innovator and a pioneer, an artist as well as a newsman, whose photographs are among most powerful images of urban existence ever made.</p>

Informazioni sull'autore: <b>Christopher Bonanos</b> is city editor at <i>New York</i> magazine, where he covers arts and culture and urban affairs. He is the author of <i>Instant: The Story of Polaroid</i>. He lives in New York City with his wife and their son.

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Titolo: Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous
Casa editrice: Henry Holt & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket