# What was the name of that photographer famous for his crime scene photos?

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**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-that-photographer-famous-for-his-crime-scene-photos/539238 "2010-05-12T23:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-that-photographer-famous-for-his-crime-scene-photos/539238/1 "2010-05-12T23:49:50Z")

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Inspired yet again by another thread (Long Hollywood Marriages), I looked up Carole Landis and found an old newspaper story about her death with a with a pic of her dead body sprawled on what looks like her kitchen floor with a detective leaning over her.

It reminded me of a famous photographer-- so famous I cannot think of his name. He was known to arrange bodies for a more dramatic pic. It’s killing me that I can’t remember his name. I wanna introduce him to my son. Via the internet of course. The photographer is dead now, I think.

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**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-that-photographer-famous-for-his-crime-scene-photos/539238/2 "2010-05-12T23:57:01Z")

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Weegee.

> **[Weegee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee)**
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> Arthur (Usher) Fellig (June 12, 1899 – December 26, 1968), known by his pseudonym Weegee, was a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography in New York City.
> Weegee worked in Manhattan's Lower East Side as a press photographer during the 1930s and 1940s and developed his signature style by following the city's emergency services and documenting their activity. Much of his work depicted unflinchingly realistic scenes of urban life, crime, injury and ...

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-that-photographer-famous-for-his-crime-scene-photos/539238/3 "2010-05-12T23:57:38Z")

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[Arthur “Weegee” Fellig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee)?

Curse you, **Huerta88**! Curse you!

Stranger

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-that-photographer-famous-for-his-crime-scene-photos/539238/4 "2010-05-12T23:57:57Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-that-photographer-famous-for-his-crime-scene-photos/539238/5 "2010-05-13T00:02:18Z")

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He was into [irony.](http://caraf.blogs.com/caraf/images/weegee.jpg)