Weegee, “Weegee” (c. 1958), photograph Weegee: Society of the Spectacle continues at the International Center of Photography (84 Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan) through May 5.

Opting for a meta-approach, the show’s curators make a hard sell of the idea of Weegee as a lover of spectacle. They even mention “The Society of the Spectacle,” a radical tract by Guy Debord at the ...

"My name is Weegee. I am the best photographer in the world." He was convinced that he should present himself in a grand way, but in this self-assurance, there were two suspicions: perhaps it wasn ...

Weegee installed a radio in his lair tuned to the police frequency, which made it possible for him to be the first photographer to many, many news scenes; eventually he had a police phone in his ...

Weegee made films as well, such as this one on Coney Island, although they were not commercially successful Throughout his career, Weegee never lost his sense of wonder at New York.

He was curious about some Weegee photos the Morgue might have, including the one of Hoover. The Times found it, in a photo folder for Hoover, though the image was not credited to Weegee.

Legendary photographer Weegee gets two new exhibits from ICP, "Weegee's Bowery" showcasing images of gritty East Village in the 1930s and 40s in NYC.