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Zsa Zsa Gabor , twentieth century. (Photo by Weegee/International Center of Photography/Getty Images)

A woman in a nightclub goes cross-eyed as her bubblegum bubble expands in front of her face. (Photo by Weegee/International Center of Photography/Getty Images)

Salvador Dali original Weegee gelatin silver bromide print. Surreal, mirrored portrait of the painter, likely to originate from a Paris shoot. 1960

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“Shorty, the Bowery Cherub, New Years Eve at Sammy’s Bar” 1943 Photo by Weegee

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"It's like a modern Aladdin's Lamp, you rub it and, in this case the camera, you push the button and it gives you the things you want." Click to Play (Right Click & Save to Download): "Weegee" MP3 by Weegee, 1958. From the 1958 LP "Famous Photographers Tell How" (Audio transcription by

Weegee was the great photographer of New York in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, whose book Naked City helped to create the mythology of the city.