· The first comprehensive biography of Weegee—photographer, “psychic,” ultimate New Yorker—from Christopher Bonanos, author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid. 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. 8 rows · · Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous: Author: Christopher Bonanos: Edition: illustrated: 4/5(5). · FLASH. The Making of Weegee the Famous. By Christopher Bonanos. Illustrated. pp. Henry Holt Company. $ To write a concise history Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.
Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous - Kindle edition by Bonanos, Christopher. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous. FLASH. The Making of Weegee the Famous. By Christopher Bonanos. Illustrated. pp. Henry Holt Company. $ To write a concise history of the showboating, hard-boiled photographer known as. Christopher Bonanos' impeccably researched biography of Weegee is also a history of newspaper photography and of the growth of New York City through the middle years of the 20th century.
"Flash is a crackling portrait of a man and his era―as immediate and as alive as Weegee's pictures themselves. Chris Bonanos vivifies not only his subject, but the long lost New York that he lived in, and that made him.". With Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous, Christopher Bonanos has finally supplied us with the biography Weegee deserves: sympathetic and comprehensive, a scrupulous account with just the right touch of irreverence. Bonanos takes the photographer seriously without letting him and his self-mythologizing off the hook Bonanos covers it all, including Weegee's more self-consciously "arty" work The art criticism on offer is like the best of Weegee's street photography: revealing and. The first definitive biography of Weegee the Famous - photographer, psychic, fiend - from Christoper Bonanos, author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid. 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.
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