471. THE ORIGINAL CSI PHOTOGRAPHER: WEEGEE AND NEW YORK’S GRITTY UNDERWORLD

Willie Hiatt Born Arthur Fellig (1899-1968), the photographer known as Weegee was fascinated by what scholars call the “spectacle” of gritty New York City streets in the 1930s and 1940s. Weegee trained a voyeuristic eye and a white-hot flash on murders, corpses, muggers, transvestites, and other marginalized underworld figures. Serving the insatiable demands of the printed popular press, Weegee’s work blurred the lines among photojournalism, CSI investigation, and fine art photography all in his lifetime. As an introduction to Weegee’s street photography, this talk explores the circulation of his work as art and commodity in today’s digital visual culture.    10:00 – 12 noon                                                                                                                               1 Session Tuesday, July 1                                                                                                                                  Fee:  $30       A B O U T  T H E  L