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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Beginning. The trouble is well illustrated by the case of Weegee (real name: Arthur Fellig), an inspired news photographer. When he first went to work for Acme Newspictures in 1923, he never got the plushier assignments, because he refused to wear a necktie. Later, he freelanced for several New York papers, and saw the big city as it had rarely been seen before, with a clear but compassionate eye for its brutalities, follies and tender moments (some of the results were published in a successful photo book called Naked City). He would cruise Manhattan all night. Explains Weegee: "Good pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Two Billion Clicks | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

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