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Weegee

(Zolochiv, Ukraine, 1899 - 1968, New York, New York)

Untitled [Man jumping on beach]

1940 - 1955

Gelatin silver print

7 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (18.5 x 8.9 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of Roger R. Smith

1986.8

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Weegee is best-known for his tabloid-style photographs of New York City’s grittier neighborhoods, but toward the end of his career he experimented with photo distortions. He created this image of a young sunbather (probably a visitor to Brooklyn’s Coney Island, a favorite haunt of the artist’s) by cutting a photographic negative in half, reversing one portion, and taping the halves back together before printing the image.

Keywords
Beach
Photography
Male
Black and White
Action
United States