Past Exhibition
Weegee, A Stitch in Time—at Coney Island, June 9, 1941. © Weegee/International Center of Photography.
Weegee, [Billie Dauscha and Mabel Sidney, Bowery entertainers, New York], December 4, 1944.
© Weegee/International Center of Photography
Weegee, Simply Add Boiling Water, December 19, 1943. © Weegee/International Center of Photography.
Weegee, [Afternoon crowd at Coney Island, Brooklyn], July 21, 1940. © Weegee/International Center of Photography.
Weegee, [Weegee at his typewriter in the trunk of his 1938 Chevy], ca. 1943. © Weegee/International Center of Photography.
Weegee: Murder Is My Business
JANUARY 20–SEPTEMBER 2, 2012
Naked City:
Weegee and
Urban Disorder
Weegee's view of urban life was governed by his occupation: daily newspapers demanded dramatic, newsworthy events. As a result, he often depicted the city as a seething and chaotic web of crime and violence. He exposed aspects of the city—