'The event as spectacle': how Weegee's photographs were more than just documentations of life
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"Weegee is known for his shocking shots produced for the American tabloid press: gangsters lying in pools of blood, bodies trapped in crashed cars... Yet, paradoxically, his archives also abound in celebrity images..."
"Weegee is a very singular figure. His presence is so strong that you feel that if he didn't exist, someone would have to invent him. But the point is, he did invent himself."
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