Weegee’s People

  • Photographs by Weegee. 1 vols. Small 4to
  • New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Essential Books, 1946
By Weegee
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Essential Books, 1946. First Edition. Photographs by Weegee. 1 vols. Small 4to. Rust cloth. About Fine, in Very Good, edgeworn dust jacket. First Edition. Photographs by Weegee. 1 vols. Small 4to. More of the full-flash nighttime snapshots by this paparazzo of the proletariat. Less bloody than Naked City, and more joyous: Weegee’s People is a celebration of a city and its people. From Metroplitan Opera dames to all-night basement jazz jam sessions, the photos here make for a vital book. From the Brassai of New York and one of the first to popularize photojouranlism. Hasselblad pp. 146-147

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