2. Time Line
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
Photographer unknown.
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
3. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
Photographer unknown.
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
4. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
Photographer unknown.
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
5. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
Photographer unknown.
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
6. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
Photographer unknown.
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
7. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
- 1917 Fellig Hired by Ducket & Adler Photo Studio
Photographer unknown.
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
8. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
- 1917 Fellig Hired by Ducket & Adler Photo Studio
- 1921 Fellig began to work at the New York Times
Photographer unknown.
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
9. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
- 1917 Fellig Hired by Ducket & Adler Photo Studio
- 1921 Fellig began to work at the New York Times
- 1927 began his employment at Acme Pictures
Photographer unknown.
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
10. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
- 1917 Fellig Hired by Ducket & Adler Photo Studio
- 1921 Fellig began to work at the New York Times
- 1927 began his employment at Acme Pictures
Photographer unknown.
- 1935 Weegee becomes a freelance photographer
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects,
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
11. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
- 1917 Fellig Hired by Ducket & Adler Photo Studio
- 1921 Fellig began to work at the New York Times
- 1927 began his employment at Acme Pictures
Photographer unknown.
- 1935 Weegee becomes a freelance photographer
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects, - 1938 Weegee becomes the first civilian with a police radio
Weegee."
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
12. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
- 1917 Fellig Hired by Ducket & Adler Photo Studio
- 1921 Fellig began to work at the New York Times
- 1927 began his employment at Acme Pictures
Photographer unknown.
- 1935 Weegee becomes a freelance photographer
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects, - 1938 Weegee becomes the first civilian with a police radio
Weegee."
- 1940 PM Daily was created by Ralph Ingrersoll
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
13. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
- 1917 Fellig Hired by Ducket & Adler Photo Studio
- 1921 Fellig began to work at the New York Times
- 1927 began his employment at Acme Pictures
Photographer unknown.
- 1935 Weegee becomes a freelance photographer
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects, - 1938 Weegee becomes the first civilian with a police radio
Weegee."
- 1940 PM Daily was created by Ralph Ingrersoll
- 1944 exhibition in “Art in Progress”, Museum of Modern Art
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
14. Time Line
- Born June 12,1899
- Left for the United States in 1906
- 1910 Bernard sends for his wife and four children
Photographer unknown.
Weegee's parents - Rachel
- 1914 Arthur Fellig leaves his family home
and Bernard Fellig, c. 1920s
- 1917 Fellig Hired by Ducket & Adler Photo Studio
- 1921 Fellig began to work at the New York Times
- 1927 began his employment at Acme Pictures
Photographer unknown.
- 1935 Weegee becomes a freelance photographer
Portrait of Weegee (Arthur
Fellig), c.1956 Inscribed on
image: "To all my Subjects, - 1938 Weegee becomes the first civilian with a police radio
Weegee."
- 1940 PM Daily was created by Ralph Ingrersoll
- 1944 exhibition in “Art in Progress”, Museum of Modern Art
Photographer unknown.
Weegee at his typewriter in
the trunk of his 1938
- 1946 Publication of Naked City
'Chevy,' c.1943 pgwny334
15. Political and Economical Climate
Unemployment Rate East side tenement building,New York, New York, 1927
• Prohibition from 1920-
Year Rate
1933
1920 5.2%
• Rise in crime syndicates
1920 4.2
1920 8.7
• The Great Depression
spanning from 1929 into 1932 23.6
the early 1940’s
1934 21.7
1936 16.9
• An unemployment rate
dipping to 23.6% in 1932 1938 19.0
1940 14.6
• High immigrant density
in New York Lower East 1942 4.7%
Side
1944 1.2
1946 3.9
• Major divid between
working class and the 1948 3.8
wealthy/elite
1950 5.3
Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library/Humanities and Social Sciences
Library / Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local
History and Genealogy.
16. “Weegee also exposed the terrible disorder and chaos of life for the
poor” pg 10WNY
NEW YORK CITY, 1940 -- A father and son wave American
flags at a parade in Chinatown.
Children Sleeping on
Coney Island (Sewing Pants)- 1960
a fires escape 1941
17. “No other art from rivals photography’s capacity to be meaningless, to topple
into a void. As a hedge against vacuity, ambitious photographers cloak
themselves in a knowledge of art. But Weegee was an innocent, a primitive who
describes strong emotions and guilelessly jabbed at ours” (Coplans 7).
On the Toilet- 1941
Fire in Harlem- her kids are still in the
burning building- 1942
The clothing has been saved- 1943
19. sadistic
cynicism disorienting
Oppressive bleakness
Fatalism
dark Pessimism
Disillusionment Paranoia
Rain Futility Corruption
Suspicion
defeat
Alienation
Entrapment Juxtaposing
disenchantment
Moral Ambiguity murder
Claustrophobic Dingy
Anxiety jarring
the human condition
Melancholy
guilt Evil Desperation
gloomy mean streets
20. Night has a Thousand Eyes- 1948 Car Crash Upper Fifth Ave- July 13th, 1941
- The focus point - Framing
- Confinement - Positioning
- Reflection - Spectators eyes
21. He Ran All the Way- 1951 Mother and child in Harlem- 1939
22. Their First Murder- October 9, 1941 Cornell Woolrich’s Deadline at Dawn
“Weegee had aesthetic predilection for artificial light. He
liked the way in which an object is highlighted and flattened
by a freeze action of flash, and slowly dissolves into a
saturated black background. He called this ‘Rembrandt
light’. This effect is only partly due to his equipment.”
-Weegee’s New York
