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Indlæser... Naked Cityaf Weegee
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. At turns haunting, and at others humorous or heart-breaking, this collection is more of a time-capsule into New York's past, and perhaps even our country's past, than any other work of writing or media that I can think of. Weegee's work was brilliant, and the translation of its power to contemporary readers isn't at all injured by time. Whether you glance through the photographs half-hazardly or sit down to take your time over his work and words (sparse as they may be), you're sure to find something here worth remembering and returning to. Weegee represents both an early version of photographer as celebrity and the classic crude newshound with the Speed Graphic. Not only a visual reporter, Weegee was a biting social critic and one of the few really good photo humorists in the history of the medium. The superb gravure illustrations in this first edition represent both the typical and the best of daily newspaper illustration in the years' of the Speed Graphic. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Weegee was among the first to fully realize the camera's unique power to capture split-second drama and exaggerated emotion. But his profound influence on other photographers, most famously on Diane Arbus, derives not only from his sensational subject matter and his use of the blinding, close-up flash, but also from his eagerness to photograph the city at all hours, at all levels: coffee shops at three in the morning, hot summer evenings in the tenements, debutante balls, parties in the street, lovers on park benches, the destitute and the lonely. No other photographer has better revealed the non-stop spectacle of life in New York City.Weegee's first book,Naked City (1945), was a runaway success and made him a celebrity who suddenly had assignments fromLife andVogue. By the publication of his second book,Weegee's People (1946), he had cut the wires to his police radio and had begun to photograph the furred and bejeweledgrandes dames at the Metropolitan Opera as well as his beloved street people.Naked Hollywood (1953) andWeegee by Weegee (1961) feature portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khruschev, and Liberace-many of them viewed through the distorted lens of his Weegee-scope.Regarded as some of the most powerful images of twentieth-century photography, Weegee's work now resides in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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Gotta mention the delightful set of pix of Frankie Sinatra and some girl in the audience, though. Even on cheap paper they were delightful.
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For the record: I've acquired a different edition of the book. It's much better than this one. ( )