--- product_id: 65635467 title: "Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous" brand: "christopher bonanos" price: "Rp606441" currency: IDR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.id/products/65635467-flash-the-making-of-weegee-the-famous store_origin: ID region: Indonesia --- # Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous **Brand:** christopher bonanos **Price:** Rp606441 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous by christopher bonanos - **How much does it cost?** Rp606441 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.id](https://www.desertcart.id/products/65635467-flash-the-making-of-weegee-the-famous) ## Best For - christopher bonanos enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted christopher bonanos brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51GenZzxIsL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Unique Biographical Portrait *by G***L on Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2022* An interesting portrait of a artist as anti-artist who lived the life on his subjects and related events, elevating the milieu to in many instances high art. Weegie was without knowing it (or perhaps knowing all along) was helping to shape through his photography a multi-faceted culture of inner city lives and events that would have been lost and/or devoid of honor and integrity if not for his creative mind and humanistic, earthen soul. In his later years when he diverged across many different visual and cultural domains, we see the essence of an iconoclast and an original who manipulated and was manipulated by the shifting of the times that define the present for better or worse while relegating the past as both a bygone era and forcing one to realize that they are no longer relevant and thus forgotten, despite efforts and energies to the contrary.Weegie was a complex man made up of a broken mosaic held loosely together by a single personal dynamic to visualize and record lives and a world that reflected an equally broken mosaic loosely held together by the tumult of humanity. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ We Only Thought We Knew Weegee *by D***O on Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2020* This is a well-written and vivid biography of one of the hardest-working professional photographers of the 20th Century. This is also the story of a man who was incredibly skilled at news photography and pursued what is now known as personal branding to an extreme degree, going from admirable hustler Arthur Fellig to boastful and overbearing Weegee. It's a complex story, following Weegee's rise from fairly low-status jobs in newspaper darkrooms to becoming the premier crime photographer in the United States in the 1940s, and then onwards to his seduction into Hollywood and his descent into trick photography and questionable outre projects.Throughout, while author Christopher Bonanos gladly debunks many of Weegee's oft-repeated self-mythologizing, he also lends a considerable amount of sympathy to a largely self-educated immigrant whose appearance, accent, and lack of WASP decorum led to him being a punchline to many mainstreamers even at the height of his fame. This never devolves into armchair psychoanalysis, but one gets the sense from reading this book that much of Weegee's pushiness and misogyny were covers for a deep-seated loneliness. He certainly comes across as misunderstood, and seems to have been a man whose work was primarily his life.Truth be told, Weegee is a very hard figure to get a handle on, and it hasn't gotten easier with the many Weegee museum retrospectives over the past 20 years. But Bonanos is the first I've read who doesn't try to make the claim that everything Weegee did was high art, or that he was the "American Brassai" or other high-sounding claims. Bonanos gives enough room in most chapters for Weegee to breathe, and places him within the context of changing trends in newspaper and magazine publication in the United States. I can't say that I feel as though I finally know Weegee, but I certainly feel much closer to his essence than I did seeing his old photos at several gallery shows.One important last note. While many Weegee photos are reproduced in this book, the reproductions themselves are not of the highest quality. This is a biography, not an art book. If you're looking for a coffee table book of Weegee's crime photos, you'll have to go elsewhere. But if you're looking for a true biography of the man, this is the only show in town. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful bio of a true character. *by G***O on Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2021* This book is a must for anybody who is interested in the history of American photography and journalism.Beautifully written, it tells the touching, gross, and hilarious story of a true original: a guy with a camera - and an approach to using it - that was unique then and continues to be so.Author Bonanos not only gives us a close-up of Weegee's work but also both his inner and outer lives.And although the shutterbug is kind of a bum, the writer never talks down to his subject.Enjoyed it immensely. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.id/products/65635467-flash-the-making-of-weegee-the-famous](https://www.desertcart.id/products/65635467-flash-the-making-of-weegee-the-famous) --- *Product available on Desertcart Indonesia* *Store origin: ID* *Last updated: 2026-05-01*