Beschreibung:

246 pp. Profusely illustrated with screen gravures from photographs. (4to) 23.5x17 cm (9¼x6½"), cloth lettered in black, pictorial endpapers. First Edition. Signed by Weegee in green ink on dedication page. Naked City is his first book. Weegee is best known for his stark black and white street photography. He worked in the Lower East Side of New York City as a press photographer during the 1930s and '40s, and he 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.