What works does Virgil photographer have?

From 1930s to 1950s, a famous photojournalist was active in American journalism. He is Virgil (1899 ~ 1968). Vicky was originally named Uther. UsherFellig was born in Austria. At the age of ten, he came to new york with his mother and three brothers to defect to his father.

The new immigrant lives in the Lower East Side of new york, and his life is very difficult. As a child, Vicky worked as a candy vendor, washed dishes in the canteen, rented a pony and became a street mobile photographer who took pictures of children.

1924, Vicky was tired of poor and bumpy life and worked as a darkroom technician with a weekly salary of $20 in Top Good News Photo Agency (the predecessor of united press international). Because "Top Good" requires its photographer to wear a white shirt and tie when going out, Vicky is impatient with this. He has never been a formal photojournalist, but has been kept in a darkroom all day, and will only be sent to shoot fires and other events when there is an urgent task in the middle of the night. Years of darkroom career have made Vicky a skilled darkroom expert. He used to develop photos in the cab of a subway train and use an ambulance as a darkroom to print a photo of a world champion in a polo field.

1935, Vicky left the photo agency and became a freelance photojournalist. He often drives his car in the street at 5 o'clock in the morning to find a subject. To this end, he explained: 5 am is the most likely time of the day to produce news, because people like to kill themselves or others at this time.

Virgil is good at shooting car accidents, fires, violent crimes and night assassinations. He put the photo in the tabloid and signed "The Famous Wiki" on the back of the photo. Thanks to good cooperation with Manhattan Police Department, Vicky has an office in the police station and installed police radio equipment in her car. This unusual convenience enabled him to arrive at the crime scene at the same time as the police. During the 10 years of cooperation with Manhattan Police Department, Wiki used 10 cameras and 5 cars, and * * * published more than 5,000 photo reports, which made him the most famous photojournalist in new york.

1945, Vicky compiled all kinds of crime photos taken in new york over the years into a picture book and published it as Naked City. This album is very popular, reprinted many times and put on the screen by Hollywood.

From 65438 to 0948, new york Museum of Modern Art held a solo exhibition for Vicky. 1952, Vicky made a special "haha lens barrel" for his camera and began to take "cartoon photos" of Kennedy, Khrushchev, Charles de Gaulle and celebrities. 1953, his other album "Naked Hollywood" was published.

196865438+On February 26th, Virgil died in new york. He left this world with 5000 negatives and 15000 photos. Famous American photographer Paul? Strand once commented on him: Virgil was a very outstanding photographer in the tragic events that most of us couldn't see or think of.