
Weegee
Born Usher Fellig in what is now Ukraine, Weegee worked the night beat in New York for decades, arriving at crime scenes and fires before the police through a combination of police-band radio and instinct. His flashbulb-lit photographs of murder victims, tenement fires, and bystanders were published in the tabloid press and later collected in Naked City (1945). He gave himself the name Weegee - a phonetic spelling of Ouija - in reference to his apparent ability to predict news events.
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The Speed Graphic was the dominant press camera in America from the 1930s through the 1960s, used by newspaper photographers for its large 4×5 inch negatives, focal-plane shutter, and compatibility with flash synchronization. Its side-mounted rangefinder and rugged construction suited deadline-driven work in all conditions.
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