Source of inspiration 97 (click on this title!): Press camera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Graphic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnGDJw_CqAo

http://photonumerique.codedrops.net/spip.php?article44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEohnLg3zcg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y37QLpRqypE

http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/

http://www.leegallery.com/photographers/288-weegee.html

Arthur Felling aka Weegee was a famous American photographer. He used a Speed Graphic camera (see photo above).

He took black and white photographs of dramas like fires, murder scenes, or car accidents in New York, mostly at night, during the 30s and 40s.

To catch a good story, he would listen to the police radio. He worked for several newspapers.

He contributed to Hollywood as technical adviser on several films. The character played by Joe Pesci in the 1992 film The Public Eye is inspired by Weegee.