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Weegee

1899 - 1968

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Ascher Fellig (June 12, 1899 – December 26, 1968), known by his pseudonym Weegee, was a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography in New York City. Weegee worked in Manhattan's Lower East Side as a press photographer during the 1930s and 1940s and developed his signature style by following the city's emergency services and documenting their activity. Much of his work depicted unflinchingly realistic scenes of urban life, crime, injury and death. Weegee published photographic books and also worked in cinema, initially making his own short films and later collaborating with film directors such as Jack Donohue and Stanley Kubrick. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Weegee is the 93rd most popular photographer (down from 79th in 2019), the 705th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 574th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Weegee ranks 93 out of 148. Before him are Helen Levitt, Alexandre Michon, Mario Testino, Guy Bourdin, Henry Peach Robinson, and Roman Vishniac. After him are Paolo Monti, Spencer Tunick, Francesca Woodman, Willy Ronis, Ellen von Unwerth, and Annemarie Heinrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Weegee ranks 221. Before him are Louise Nevelson, Indra Devi, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Harald Tammer, Guy Butler, and Juan Trippe. After him are Wen Yiduo, Giuseppe Amato, György Piller, Eva Le Gallienne, Charlotte Auerbach, and Eugeniusz Bodo. Among people deceased in 1968, Weegee ranks 181. Before him are Amparo Poch y Gascón, Charles Bacon, Little Walter, Jan Johansson, Franchot Tone, and Armand Blanchonnet. After him are Mervyn Peake, Tim Ahearne, Francis Biddle, Luigi Cevenini, Martin Frič, and René Navarre.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Weegee ranks 705 out of 1,365. Before him are Yevhen Hrebinka (1812), Natalya Meklin (1922), Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok (1879), Sviatoslav III of Kiev (null), Denis Pushilin (1981), and Dmitry Polyansky (1917). After him are Vasyl Barvinsky (1888), Oleg Goncharenko (1931), Yevhen Stankovych (1942), Michael Levytsky (1774), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), and Dmytro Pavlychko (1929).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Ukraine

Among photographers born in Ukraine, Weegee ranks 3. Before him are Boris Mikhailov (1938), and Alexandre Michon (1858).

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