Weegee, "Marilyn Monroe distortion" (c. 1962) (all images © International Center of Photography/Getty Images; all images International Center of Photography) Success ...

In the first, resembling a felon’s mugshot, Weegee gives a hard stare down the lens, brandishing a flash-bulb camera, his trademark long cigar protruding from his puckered lips. The second is ...

Weegee danced and screamed to get the beach crowd's attention. The masked man called himself the Spider. Weegee (Arthur Fellig) / International Centre of Photography / Getty Images At 70 years old ...