Long before true crime podcasts and paparazzi ... uncanny he took on the nickname “Weegee,” a play on the Ouija board. A distorted self-portrait of Weegee taken around 1958. Photo: ...

Weegee, "Marilyn Monroe distortion" (c. 1962) (all images © International Center of Photography/Getty Images; all images International Center of Photography) Success ...

That these two images are taken by the same photographer hints at the paradox of Weegee’s work ... blood-stained crime scenes, fatal accidents and fires—and his reputation as a savvy ...

Weegee’s most successful photographs captured events like fires, car crashes, crime scenes, and their aftermath ... view at the International Center of Photography, on Manhattan’s Lower ...

A new retrospective at the international Center for Photography, though, features more varied facets of the man generally revered as the first crime ... linguine, Weegee was there minutes later, ...

“Their First Murder”, a Weegee masterpiece taken at a Brooklyn ... way to account for his knack for beating the police to a crime scene. His real trade secrets were a shortwave radio, a ...

By Arthur Lubow How did the photographer ... Many of Weegee’s most powerful pictures focus on spectators. Although famously quick to arrive at the scene of the disaster (a police radio tipped ...

"News photography is my meat", Weegee famously said, and his images were a documentation of a city in turmoil. Yet, his fascination extended beyond the crime scenes. As he documented these moments, he ...

The Spectacle of the News highlights his dramatic crime scene photos ... participant in the creation of spectacle." Weegee’s influence on photography remains profound, especially his distinctive ...

The Spectacle of the News highlights his dramatic crime scene photos, where crowds of onlookers ... but as an active participant in the creation of spectacle." Weegee’s influence on photography ...

He was famed for his uncanny ability to arrive before police or ambulance crews at the gruesome scenes ... of Photography/Getty Images Weegee’s pictures transcend the lurid genre of crime ...