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Blog » Historic Paparazzi
Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles
By Claire Semnacher
Arthur “Weegee” Fellig began his career as a New York crime scene and tabloid photographer, but was intrigued by the Hollywood lifestyle, and decided to move to Los Angeles in 1947. Weegee’s sheer ignorance and lack of formal training, gave him a unique insight, which prompted him to attempt experimental developing techniques and capture unconventional subject matter in a compelling manner.
He was essentially a one-man, mobile photography studio and pioneer paparazzi. Weegee would drive to the scene or premiere, take photographs, and develop the images in his trunk. He installed curtains to black out the inside of his car to make the prints, and then he would drop off the photographs at local newspapers. He was the most efficient photographer of his time.
In more than 200 photographs, the exhibition documents movie stars, strippers, fandom, mannequins, and behind the scenes images. He was most fascinated by what fascinated the public, and it is apparent in his photographs of ecstatic fans, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite Hollywood movie star.
-- Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles, is on display at MOCA until February 27th, 2012.
-- The exhibit is a part of Pacific Standard Time, which is a collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions in the Los Angeles area that documents the birth of the Los Angeles art scene.
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Arthur “Weegee” Fellig began his career as a New York crime scene and tabloid photographer, but was intrigued by the Hollywood lifestyle, and decided to move to Los Angeles in 1947. Weegee’s sheer ignorance and lack of formal training, gave him a unique insight, which prompted him to attempt experimental developing techniques and capture unconventional subject matter in a compelling manner.
He was essentially a one-man, mobile photography studio and pioneer paparazzi. Weegee would drive to the scene or premiere, take photographs, and develop the images in his trunk. He installed curtains to black out the inside of his car to make the prints, and then he would drop off the photographs at local newspapers. He was the most efficient photographer of his time.
In more than 200 photographs, the exhibition documents movie stars, strippers, fandom, mannequins, and behind the scenes images. He was most fascinated by what fascinated the public, and it is apparent in his photographs of ecstatic fans, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite Hollywood movie star.
-- Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles, is on display at MOCA until February 27th, 2012.
-- The exhibit is a part of Pacific Standard Time, which is a collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions in the Los Angeles area that documents the birth of the Los Angeles art scene.
(Read more)
