(a closer look)

Stan Douglas, detail of Incident, 1949, 2010

From the DavidZwirner Gallery Press Release: “Douglas’s midcentury alter-ego revokes the career of the legendary photographer Arthur Fellig, also known as Weegee (1899-1968). Self-taught, Weegee typically photographed at night, always using the same heavy camera, exposure time, and flash; he is particularly known for his documentation of the New York nightscape in the years surrounding the Second World War.”

“REVOKES??? the career of the legendary photographer Arthur Fellig.” WTF!
That must be a typo, perhaps “invokes” is the right word…

(Minor correction: “surrounding the Second World War” isn’t accurate, “preceding American involvement in the Second World War and with diminishing documentation through out the war years, or 1935-1945” would be more accurate…)

(The newspaper appears to be from 1941…)

(to be continued…)