He was famous for arriving first at murders, fires and arrests, thanks to a knack so uncanny he took on the nickname “Weegee,” a play on the Ouija board. A distorted self-portrait of Weegee taken ...

It’s also useful in sifting through four-hour community board meetings for news nuggets. This week, ChatGPT offered to write “a snappy profile, based on everything we’ve chatted about.” This is what ...

Weegee, “Weegee” (c. 1958), photograph Weegee: Society of the Spectacle continues at the International Center of Photography (84 Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan) through May 5.

On the cover of Weegee: Society of the Spectacle are two self-portraits of this enigmatic, larger-than-life photographer. In the first, resembling a felon’s mugshot, Weegee gives a hard stare ...

Hoffman hopes that all of Weegee’s staff will stay on, and he expects he’ll be spending most of his time there in the next few months getting to know its operations.

‘ Weegee: Society of the Spectacle’ International Center for Photography, 84 Ludlow Street, New York, NY Through May 5, 2025 The groundbreaking street photographer of the 1930s and 1940s, Arthur ...

The freelance hustler Arthur Fellig took his nom de shutter from the Ouija board, a tongue-in-cheek way to account for his knack for beating the police to a crime scene. His real trade secrets ...

Weegee is home. Born in 1899 in Zolochiv, a town in the east of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Usher Fellig had his Jewish first name Anglicized to Arthur when he passed through Ellis Island in the ...

Weegee captured people watching events unfold, “whether it’s a fire or a car crash or a murder site”, Campany says. “He’s interested in an image that presents the event as a spectacle.

Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on: These South Chicago Goats Will ...

One of the largest operations on board is the 24/7 medical center. Sailors can get lab tests, dental work, and physicals, there’s even a general surgeon board.