Weegee: Serial Photographer

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By Wauter de Mannaert

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Weegee: Serial Photographer explores the life and work of Weegee, a notorious street photographer of 1940s New York. Known for manipulating crime scenes to enhance his images, Weegee’s story is told through evocative black-and-white drawings that capture his internal conflicts—between his love for the violin and photography, and his complex relationship with the city he both adores and wishes to flee. This biography brings the man behind the iconic Naked City photographs vividly to life, revealing the tragic dimensions of his existence.
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This book will appeal to lovers of photography, fans of New York’s history, and readers interested in the intersection of art and journalism. It suits those who appreciate visual storytelling and biographical explorations of complex artistic figures.

A graphic biography of an American street photographer infamous for adjusting the position of dead bodies at crime scenes to make his photographs more artful.

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Weegee: Serial Photographer introduces us to a street photographer renowned in New York's popular press during the 1940s. Weegee became infamous for adjusting dead bodies at crime scenes to craft more aesthetically pleasing photographs.

Authors Wauter Mannaert and Max de Radigues masterfully capture the contrasts of Weegee's life through pictures: the constant dilemma of choosing between his violin and photography; the streets and neighbourhoods of New York that he both cherished and longed to leave; and his photographs, which found a place in popular press but truly deserved gallery walls.

This approach turns the creator of the book Naked City into a relatable, flesh-and-blood figure, making his tragic fate all the more impactful. Mannaert's artistic style, with its distinctive black-and-white drawings, perfectly encapsulates Weegee's hectic life, giving the impression of accompanying him through New York’s iconic Lower East Side some eighty years ago.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781772620238

Publisher: Conundrum Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 May 2018

Country: Canada

Imprint: Conundrum Press

Illustration: 140 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 177.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 140

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Graphic Novels Non-Fiction Wauter de Mannaert

About the Author

Max de Radiguès is a cartoonist and an editor at L'employe du moi. He is the creator of nine books and has contributed to countless anthologies in Europe and North America. He spent time as a fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. Moose is his first book in English. He lives in Belgium. Wauter Mannaert (b. 1978) has a master's degree in film and animation from the Sint-Lukas School of Arts in Brussels, earned in 2002. He currently works in the Belgian capital as a graphic novelist, illustrator and cartoonist. After his studies and before turning towards comics, he specialized in media education and worked for years as a youth worker in one of Brussels, most deprived neighborhoods. In 2015, El Mesías was published in Dutch by Ballon, joining the Europe Comics catalog in 2017.