Photography Handbook
Two Heads Are Better Than One…
Learn Photography from the Experts…
Photography Handbook 1955 and Universal Photo Almanac 1940 and 1941
It’s 1940 and you want to be a photographer… You could learn from the experts at the New York Institute of Photography, 10 West 33 St., NYC, (established in 1910!)… If you want to “Make good money for work that’s fun!” you could write to Universal Photographers, also, coincidentally, located at 10 West 33 St., NYC… If you don’t want to wait 60 years for the ubiquity of MFA programs you could “take the first step towards combining your photographic ability with that most enjoyable and profitable occupation – writing for publication!” Perhaps the Newspaper Institute of America can help get you started… “Hundreds of photographers have found that pictures sell faster, bring more money, when stories or articles are written around them! WHY DON’T YOU WRITE? It’s simpler than you think! You don’t have to be a genius!” Photo Almanac 1940 and 1941
Negative Magic!



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








