Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
American, born Poland, 1899–1968
Manuel Jiminez lies wounded in the lap of Manuelda Hernandez
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Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
American, born Poland, 1899–1968July 30, 1941
Manuel Jiminez lies wounded in the lap of Manuelda Hernandez
Weegee (Arthur Fellig) American, born Poland, 1899–1968 →gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographic process
Date
July 30, 1941
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 26.8 × 33.4 cm (10 9/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Mount: 51 × 40.5 cm (20 1/8 × 16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Stuyvesant Peabody
A prominent New York newspaper photographer, Weegee (Arthur Fellig) would often listen to police radio in order to be the first to arrive at a scene. This perceived sixth sense earned him his nickname, a phonetic reference to Ouija boards. Weegee captured New Yorkers at their most vulnerable, exposing a raw and gritty side of the city imperceptible to many. Here, he documented the bloody aftermath of a bar brawl between two men over a woman, which ended with one of the men being shot; the woman holds the wounded man in her lap, preventing him from being lifted onto the stretcher.
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