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Cetywa Powell | all galleries >> People >> Through the Looking Glass > Ode to Weegee 7617
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15-SEP-2014

Ode to Weegee 7617

I was given the filters that belonged to photographer Arthur "Weegee" Fellig to play around with (it's a long story how I came into possession of these hand-made filters). But these were the filters he used on Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe.


I'm hoping to create a series that's an ode to him, a hat's off to his more experimental photography.


This one is a floor reflection with Weegee's glass filter over it.


More on Weegee:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee


And here are his filters over Charlie Chaplin:
http://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/weegee/charlie-chaplin-4-photographs



(And trust me, I cannot emphasize how happy I am to be holding a part of history in my hands.)

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bill friedlander19-Sep-2014 18:20
Wow! Wonderful connection to the past. I remember his pictures in Life Magazine. You made a lovely image. V
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