WEEGEE "DISTORTION: STRIPES" C. 1955 Kenneth Noland Caviar20 Interestingly this is the only

Interestingly this is the only image in the book that shows a human figure with one of the animals

in this work a dynamic figure seems to rise or hover above a rippling form interpreted as an ocean wave

with the intention of exaggerating the impact of the form and in turn creating a signature arrangement

and command of the simple line drawing

was a major departure from his previous work

WEEGEE "DISTORTION: STRIPES" C. 1955 Kenneth Noland Caviar20 Interestingly this is the onlyPhotographer. Artist. Photojournalist. Whichever way you try to categorize Weegee (1899 1968), the more you know about him, the more difficult it is contain him within a single definition. Weegee began shooting scenes of crime, drama, tragedy and depravity throughout New York City in the 1930s for Acme newspapers. In 1935 he became a freelancer, mostly contributing to PM magazine. While his nickname derived from his sixth sense like ability to find