Nooir: Weegee Murder Is My Business

Weegee’s murder photographs, 1935-1946 'Ruth Snyder Murder' wax display, Eden Muse, Coney Island, c1941 ‘Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig (1899-1968). Weegee worked in New York City as a press photographer and developed his signature style by following the city’s emergency services and documenting their activity. He later collaborated with Stanley Kubrick.’ Here Weegee tell his tale and see his photos: Anthony Esposito, booked on suspicion of killing a policeman, 16 January 1941 At an East Side murder, 1943 Body of Dominick Didato, Elizabeth Street, 7 August 1936 Girl jumped out of car, and was killed, on Park Ave, c1938 Hats in a pool room, Mulberry Street, c1943 Hold-up man killed, 24 November 1941 Lineup for night court, c1941 Murder, c1940 Police officer and assistant removing body of Reception Hospital ambulance driver Morris Linker from East River, 24 August 1943 Police officer and lodge member looking at blanket-covered body of woman trampled to death in excursion-ship stampede, 18 August 1941 The dead man's wife arrived … and then she collapsed, c1940 Unidentified photographer on the Spot, 9 December 1939 Installation view of 'Weegee- Murder Is My Business' at the Photo League, 1941 III Installation view of 'Weegee- Murder Is My Business' at the Photo League, 1941 Installation view of 'Weegee- Murder Is My Business' at the Photo League, 1941 II Thank you to the International Centre of Photography