Weegee is a very known street photographer, specializing in photographing crimes or emergencies in society. based in new York city, he captured the current issues at the time. I have chosen to research Weegee because his picture “the mannequin”, taken in the 1940’s because it relates to the subject of object and body. This photograph is particularity interesting because the photograph features both a body and a body as an object. Weegee is one of my favorite documentary photographers of all time, his eye for detail in social situations is why he is one of the greatest photographers of all time.

I chose to research Weegee for Object and body because of this photograph of a man carrying a mannequin. The Photo could have a number of different meanings relating to object and body. The object in the photograph being a female mannequin, could portray the objectifying attitude men had towards women at the time this photograph was take. The female gender at the time would have been largly viewed as objects rater then human beings during the 1940’s, to please their husbands and bring up the children at home, so its ironic that the photograph taken by Weegee the female is in fact the only object in the photograph, surrounding by a group of men.

By adding relevant objects into photographs can portray meaning into photographs. By using objects that relate to the body that is being photographed can be a useful tool when creating meaningful pieces of artwork. I will consider using objects that relate to my subject in future shoots. This could relate to my final piece for this unit because I am making the body an object within my collage work.