Weegee's Jewishness

Samantha Baskind

doi:10.1080/03087290903361449

Weegee's Jewishness

Samantha Baskind

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Abstract

A New York photojournalist who specialised in scenes of crime and disaster, Weegee also made photographs reflecting his Jewish heritage, among them being pictures focusing upon assimilation, social justice and anti-Semitism. By discussing a number of such photographs, many of them published in Weegee's first books, Naked City (1945) and Weegee's People (1946), this article describes how the photographer's religiocultural inheritance influenced his imagery. At the same time, the article provides a model for future analyses of how Jewish descent affected the work of other influential Jewish-American photographers.

Original language	American English
Journal	History of Photography
Volume	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03087290903361449
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

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Art and Design
History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Jewish Studies

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