![Weegee, [St. Louis Gag Shot], ca. 1950, International Center of Photography. Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 (20531.1993) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/04-weegee-205311993-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Marilyn Monroe distortion], ca.1962, International Center of Photography. Credit line TKTK (E.L. 1986.73) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/10-weegee-102971993-1-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Mona Lisa distortion], ca. 1958, International Center of Photography. Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 (3242.1993) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/07-weegee-32421993-1-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Man arrested for cross-dressing, New York], ca.1939, International Center of Photography. Purchase, with funds provided by Lois and Bruce Zenkel Purchase Fund, 1982 (116.1982) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/01-weegee-1161982-1-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Anthony Esposito, booked on suspicion of killing a policeman, New York], January 16, 1941, International Center of Photography. Purchase, with funds provided by the Lois and Bruce Zenkel Purchase Fund, 1982 (172.1982) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/03-weegee-6641993-1-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Clothing salesman, Easter Sunday, Harlem, New York], ca. 1940, International Center of Photography. Purchase, with funds provided by the Lois and Bruce Zenkel Purchase Fund, 1982 (130.1982) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/06-weegee-1301982-1-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Anthony Esposito, booked on suspicion of killing a policeman, New York], January 16, 1941, International Center of Photography. Purchase, with funds provided by the Lois and Bruce Zenkel Purchase Fund, 1982 (172.1982) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/11-weegee-1721982-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Lovers at the movies, New York], ca. 1943, International Center of Photography. Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 (2411.1993) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/13-weegee-2411-1993-1-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Mrs. Bernice Lythcott and son looking through window shattered by rock-throwing hoodlums, Harlem, New York], October 18, 1943, International Center of Photography. Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 (710.1993) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/08-weegee-7101993-1-x540q80.jpg)
![Weegee, [Afternoon crowd at Coney Island, Brooklyn], July 21, 1940, International Center of Photography. Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993 (2380.1993) © International Center of Photography/Getty Images](https://cdn.loeildelaphotographie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/15-weegee-2380-1993-x540q80.jpg)
ICP’s winter exhibitions kick off with Weegee: Society of the Spectacle, opening on January 23 and on view through May 5 (presented in partnership with the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson).
The exhibition revisits Weegee’s bold, boundary-pushing perspective and celebrates his pioneering role in documenting spectacle, from crime and tragedy on New York City’s streets to distorted portraits of iconic Hollywood celebrities. Drawn largely from the ICP’s Weegee collection, the show marks the sixth major presentation of Weegee’s work at ICP and the first since it relocated to Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood – the very same one that Weegee transformed into an urban stage in his photographs.
The exhibition arrives at a time when Weegee’s commentary on the blurred lines between reality and performance and news and entertainment feels newly relevant and urgent in the age of smartphones and viral media, where every individual has become both a voyeur and a consumer of spectacle. The show is accompanied by a new publication created by the Foundation and Thames & Hudson that explores the impact of Weegee’s work and his critical view of urban spectacle. Press copies are available, if you’d like one.
Weegee : Society of the Spectacle
January 23 – May 5, 2025
International Center of Photography
84 Ludlow St.
New York, NY 10002
www.icp.org
