1. Weegee is back where he belongs: in New York City. Following an excursion to the West Coast he returns with two simultaneous exhibitions, “Weegee: Murder is My Business” at the International Center of Photography and “Weegee: Naked City” at Steven Kasher Gallery. With nigh-scholarly knowledge of the after-hours city no normal person saw, the artist loved the dark, depraved, and shameful corners of life most. The tabloid photographer was a self-publishing and self-made one-man-media-show. He reigned supreme as the go-to guy for capturing your murder in just the right light — Weegee made the living look good, but he made the bad, ugly, and dead look better. He framed the grotesque deaths of small-time crooks and infamous mob-bosses with the same care Avedon later captured the curves of fashion models.
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      1. thoughtfactory said: Weegee had a knack for the gritty side of urban life. The Kasher exhibition highlights his compositional skills.
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