Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous - Couverture rigide

Bonanos, Christopher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1627793062 ISBN 13 : 9781627793063

Editeur : Henry Holt & Company Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Weegee documented better than any other photographer the crime, grit, and desperation of mid-century New York City. In Flash, we get a portrait not simply of the man (both deeply talented and flawed, whose masterful eye for capturing violence and sex intimated his own predilections) but also of the fascinating time and place that he occupied. From self-taught immigrant kid to celebrity photographer to his late, hedonistic days - moving between the dark, dangerous streets of New York City, the glitzy and emptied out celebrity culture of Los Angeles, and the East Coast during the morally liberated days of the Sixties - Weegee lived a life just as worthy of documentation as the scenes he captured. Now, with Flash, we have the first definitive biography of the man known now as an innovator and a pioneer, an artist whose photographs still stand as some of the most masterful crime photos ever taken.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Christopher Bonanos is a senior editor at New York Magazine, where he covers arts and culture. He is the author previously of Instant: The Story of Polaroid. He lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Henry Holt & Company Inc
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1627793062
• ISBN 13: 9781627793063
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible