Weegee (Arthur Fellig)

American Photographer · 1899–1968

35 works on LinkedCulture

As legend tells it, Arthur Fellig earned the nickname *Weegee* during his early career as a freelance press photographer in New York City. His apparent sixth sense for crime often led him to a scene well ahead of the police. Observers likened this sense, actually derived from tuning his radio to the police frequency, to the Ouija board, the popular fortune-telling game. Spelling it phonetically, F

Works

[Alfred Stieglitz]

[Alfred Stieglitz]

Getty Museum · negative May 1944; print about 1950

Arrested for Bribing Basketball Players

Arrested for Bribing Basketball Players

Getty Museum · negative January 25, 1945; print about 1950

At the Concert in Harlem

At the Concert in Harlem

Getty Museum · before 1946; print about 1950

[At the Palace Theater]

[At the Palace Theater]

Getty Museum · 1945

[At the Palace Theatre]

[At the Palace Theatre]

Getty Museum · negative 1943; print about 1950

[Audience in the Palace Theatre]

[Audience in the Palace Theatre]

Getty Museum · about 1953

Billie Dauscha and Mabel Sidney, Bowery Entertainers

Billie Dauscha and Mabel Sidney, Bowery Entertainers

Getty Museum · negative December 1944; print about 1950

[Children at the Movies, Palace Theatre]

[Children at the Movies, Palace Theatre]

Getty Museum · about 1943–before 1946

Cop Killer

Cop Killer

Getty Museum · negative January 16, 1941; print about 1950

[Couple Kissing in a Bar]

[Couple Kissing in a Bar]

Getty Museum · negative about 1942; print about 1950

[Crime and Punishment]

[Crime and Punishment]

Getty Museum · negative November 24, 1941; print about 1950

Easter Sunday in Harlem

Easter Sunday in Harlem

Getty Museum · negative 1940; print about 1950

Fire Alarm / A Couple Driven Out From the Burning Tenement

Fire Alarm / A Couple Driven Out From the Burning Tenement

Getty Museum · April 23, 1944

[Frank Pape, Arrested for Homicide]

[Frank Pape, Arrested for Homicide]

Getty Museum · November 4, 1944

Frank Pape, Arrested for Homicide

Frank Pape, Arrested for Homicide

Getty Museum · November 10, 1944

[Girls Watching Movie, Palace Theatre]

[Girls Watching Movie, Palace Theatre]

Getty Museum · about 1943

I Cried When I Took This Picture

I Cried When I Took This Picture

Getty Museum · negative December 14, 1939; print about 1950

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Getty Museum · about 1946

Jule's, The Friendlist Bar in Greenwich Village

Jule's, The Friendlist Bar in Greenwich Village

Getty Museum · before 1946

[Lovers at the Movies, Times Square]

[Lovers at the Movies, Times Square]

Getty Museum · about 1953

Lovers, Coney Island, New York

Lovers, Coney Island, New York

Getty Museum · about 1940

Mother and Child in Harlem

Mother and Child in Harlem

Getty Museum · negative October 18, 1943; print about 1950

Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup

Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup

Getty Museum · negative February 3, 1942; print about 1950

[Person Arrested for Cross-dressing]

[Person Arrested for Cross-dressing]

Getty Museum · about 1939

Simply Add Boiling Water

Simply Add Boiling Water

Getty Museum · negative December 19, 1943; print about 1950

Songstress at Sammy's / Dora

Songstress at Sammy's / Dora

Getty Museum · April 1944

Sudden Death for One, Sudden Shock for the Other / Mrs. Dorothy Reportella, Accused of Hitting a Bread Truck with Her Car

Sudden Death for One, Sudden Shock for the Other / Mrs. Dorothy Reportella, Accused of Hitting a Bread Truck with Her Car

Getty Museum · negative September 7, 1944; print about 1950

[Summer, The Lower East Side, New York City]

[Summer, The Lower East Side, New York City]

Getty Museum · summer 1937

The Critic

The Critic

Getty Museum · November 22, 1943

The First Murder

The First Murder

Getty Museum · negative October 9, 1941; print about 1950

The Park Bench

The Park Bench

Getty Museum · about 1945

U.S. Hotel at 263 Bowery

U.S. Hotel at 263 Bowery

Getty Museum · negative about 1944; print about 1950

[Viewing News Report of Yankee Game]

[Viewing News Report of Yankee Game]

Getty Museum · October 6, 1943

Waldorf Cafeteria, Greenwich Village

Waldorf Cafeteria, Greenwich Village

Getty Museum · before 1946

Wife of the Victim

Wife of the Victim

Getty Museum · 1938