Re: Weddings & IR flash

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

On Sun, 18 Aug 1996 14:48:43 +0100, Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:

|On 17 Aug 96 at 15:51, Edward Meyers wrote:
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|> Weegee was a famous IR flasher. Remember the flash IR shots that
|> he made inside a theatre? Ed
|
|Nope, never heard of him....8-))
|Any book or web references for this man?

Beaumont Newhall's _The History of Photography_ is probably the most
obvious place to look.  On p. 231 is possibly Weegee's most famous
photograph--of a bag lady watching two bedecked society matrons
entering the Metropolitan Opera House on opening night in 1943.
Weegee was a photographer for the New York Daily News, I believe
(Newhall isn't specific), and was famous for his often sensational
grab shots--many (including the one in Newhall) with flash.  I believe
he used Speed Graphics.

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