Re: Weddings & IR flash

["joe b." <joe-b@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <Pine.SUN.3.91.960818103937.29710A-100000@xxxxxxxxx>, Edward
Meyers <aghalide@xxxxxxxxx> writes
>Weegee (Arthur Felig) was the famous press photographer in the
>1940s and 1950s who made IR famous with his theatre pictures, made
>with IR flash bulbs. He is known for his "Murder Incorporated"
>police photos. He worked from the back of a small car and was the
>first news photographer to have a police radio in New York City.
>Naked Hollywood? Used prisms to make unusual portraits, etc.
>Anyone here know about him? Am I that old? Ed

I think I saw an exhibition of some of his work in London many years
ago. It was very, very stark stuff mostly showing murder victims at the
crime scene lying in pools of their own blood- and other such urban
phenomena, all exposed by flash. High impact images, a bit depressing
when many of them are seen at the same time, one after the other. I'm
glad I saw it though, though I'm not sure why exactly.
-- 
joe b.

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