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Weegee

1899 - 1968

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Arthur (Usher) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Weegee has received more than 1,369,224 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Weegee is the 79th most popular photographer (down from 78th in 2019), the 574th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 521st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Photographer.

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  • 25

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  • 3.64

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Weegee ranks 79 out of 148. Before him are Gisèle Freund, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Guy Bourdin, Karl Blossfeldt, Paolo Monti, and Werner Bischof. After him are René Burri, Lothar Wolleh, William Eggleston, Marc Riboud, Alexandre Michon, and Lennart Nilsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Weegee ranks 174. Before him are Anni Albers, Charles Best, Harold Osborn, Edward Chamberlin, Kamala Nehru, and Haddon Sundblom. After him are Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Filipp Oktyabrsky, Paul Schmidt, Dora Gerson, Adolf Brudes, and Gale Sondergaard. Among people deceased in 1968, Weegee ranks 129. Before him are Joseph Keilberth, Chana Orloff, Albert Betz, Fay Bainter, Ludowika Jakobsson, and Lajos Csordás. After him are Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Fernando Giudicelli, Juan José Tramutola, Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Nikifor, and Vahram Papazian.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Weegee ranks 574 out of 1,365. Before him are Mykola Bazhan (1904), Vitaly Zholobov (1937), Grunya Sukhareva (1891), Ivan Martos (1754), Roman Karmen (1906), and Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949). After him are Arkhip Lyulka (1908), Rolan Bykov (1929), Nikki Benz (1981), Georgy Shonin (1935), Wojciech Pszoniak (1942), and Hersch Lauterpacht (1897).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Ukraine

Among photographers born in Ukraine, Weegee ranks 2. Before him are Boris Mikhailov (1938). After him are Alexandre Michon (1858).

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