After Weegee: Essays on Contemporary Jewish American Photographers

by Daniel Morris

Examining a range of styles from the gritty vernacular sensibility of Weegee (Arthur Fellig) to the glitzy theatricality of Annie Leibovitz, Morris takes a thoughtful look at ten American photographers, exploring the artists' often ambivalent relationships to their Jewish backgrounds. Going against the grain of most criticism on the subject, Morris argues that it is difficult to label Jewish American photographers as unequivocal "outsiders" or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815609876
• ISBN13: 9780815609872
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"