Weegee, negative magic, Photography Handbook, 1955, pp. 4-9

Weary of humdrum, routine shots? It’s no trick to make fascinating distortions like this self-portrait of the famed news photographer…
The plastic lens offers the easiest and cheapest method I have found for making interesting, artistic and variable distortions…
Whether your bent runs to comedy, modern art, or personality trait emphasis, you will find this tool a help. I certainly hope that everyone who enjoys experiment and new horizons in photography will find it as rich and rewarding as I have. Weegee, negative magic, Photography Handbook, 1955, pp. 4-9