This photograph of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper by Weegee is an example of what he called his distortions. After working as a photojournalist in the gritty Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1930s and ‘40s, he moved to Hollywood where he began photographing celebrities and experimenting with dark room techniques.
Arthur Fellig, known as Weegee
American, born Ukraine, 1899-1968
Untitled (Hedda Hopper, Distortion)
ca. 1950
Gelatin Silver Print
1995.30.65
Gift of Dr. Revels Cayton
ÓWeegee (Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography/Getty Images
