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New York Promenade - USA Underground at the galerie David Guiraud
Prints by Weegee borrowed from the collections of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie form the starting point for our American journey. It all begins with Weegee, “Weegee the Famous” as he liked to call himself and stamp on his photos. For decades he was THE photographer of New York, driving through the streets day and night in his car that had been specially fitted out as an office and photo studio. By tuning in to the police radio frequency, he was able to experience and photograph, almost in real time, all the newsworthy events that took place in the city. Other photographers at the time adopted a more humanistic approach to New York. Accidents, the unexpected, sordid incidents and death disappeared, leaving a city that was gentle, poetic and perhaps a little melancholic. Louis Stettner...
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Prints by Weegee borrowed from the collections of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie form the starting point for our American journey.
It all begins with Weegee, “Weegee the Famous” as he liked to call himself and stamp on his photos. For decades he was THE photographer of New York, driving through the streets day and night in his car that had been specially fitted out as an office and photo studio. By tuning in to the police radio frequency, he was able to experience and photograph, almost in real time, all the newsworthy events that took place in the city.
Other photographers at the time adopted a more humanistic approach to New York. Accidents, the unexpected, sordid incidents and death disappeared, leaving a city that was gentle, poetic and perhaps a little melancholic. Louis Stettner...