Charles Sodokoff and Arthur Webber Use Their Top Hats to Hide Their Faces, 1942 © International Center of Photography. Louis Stettner Archives, Paris.
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Weegee. Autopsy of the Spectacle
30/01/2024 - 19/05/2024
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
79 Rue des Archives
75003 Paris
www.henricartierbresson.org/
There’s a mystery to Weegee. The American photographer’s career seems to be split in two. One side includes his sensational photography printed in North American tabloids, harrowing documents on the lives of the underprivileged in New York from 1935 to 1945. Then come the festive photographs–glamorous parties, performances by entertainers, openings and premieres–to which we must add a vast array of portraits of public figures that Weegee delighted in distorting using a rich palette of tricks between 1948 and 1951, a practice he pursued until the end of his life.
With a new perspective on Weegee’s oeuvre, Autopsy of the Spectacle presents the photographer’s iconic images beside lesser-known works, including images not-yet-exhibited in France.
30/01/2024 - 19/05/2024
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
79 Rue des Archives
75003 Paris
www.henricartierbresson.org/
There’s a mystery to Weegee. The American photographer’s career seems to be split in two. One side includes his sensational photography printed in North American tabloids, harrowing documents on the lives of the underprivileged in New York from 1935 to 1945. Then come the festive photographs–glamorous parties, performances by entertainers, openings and premieres–to which we must add a vast array of portraits of public figures that Weegee delighted in distorting using a rich palette of tricks between 1948 and 1951, a practice he pursued until the end of his life.
With a new perspective on Weegee’s oeuvre, Autopsy of the Spectacle presents the photographer’s iconic images beside lesser-known works, including images not-yet-exhibited in France.