Next Sunday at MOCA there is a show of Weegee photographs from his work done in Hollywood – “Naked Hollywood” plus 200 of his photos from the period never scene before!
I’ve included a shot of my original copy of the book, as well as, a scan of one of the two clippings of his obituary that I found in the book when I bought it.
Take notice of his quote in third to the last paragraph – “I like things to be normal. A good fire or a murder every few nights. It’s natural for a woman to shoot her husband and a guy to throw his sweetheart over a cliff. I hate suppressed desires”
http://www.pacificstandardtime.org/exhibitions?id=naked-hollywood-weegee-in-los-angeles
I love the Weegee quote. Thanks for posting the obituary. I’ve never seen that self-portrait before.