Photographing America: Klein and Weegee’s Methods of Representing the Experience of New York
Abstract
During the era when American social changes, disruptions and postwar prosperity met the rise of photography as an art,
there emerged a bunch of great photographers who documented the life experiences in New York. By looking at William Klein and
Weegee’s work, and analyzing their different artistic styles, depicting subject matters and career as a photographer, we will get a
clearer vision of New York that they present. More importantly, we will uncover the chaos, stories, and love of the city.
there emerged a bunch of great photographers who documented the life experiences in New York. By looking at William Klein and
Weegee’s work, and analyzing their different artistic styles, depicting subject matters and career as a photographer, we will get a
clearer vision of New York that they present. More importantly, we will uncover the chaos, stories, and love of the city.
Keywords
American art; Photography; New York artists
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[1] Orvell, Miles. “Weegee’s Voyeurism and the Mastery of Urban Disorder.” American Art 6 (1992): 18-41.
[2] Orvell, Miles American Photography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
[3] O’Rawe, Des. “Eclectic Dialectics: William Klein’s Documentary Method.” Film Quarterly 66 (2012): 50-61.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i4.2507
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